Nicodème Audet (September 14, 1822 – April 19, 1905) was a merchant and political figure in

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. He represented Dorchester in the

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from 1878 to 1886 as a

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. His name also appears as Nicodème Audet, dit Lapointe. He was born in Saint-Gervais,

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, the son of Augustin Audet dit Lapointe and Marie Dallaire, and was educated in

Saint-Anselme Saint-Anselme () is a village in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is the second biggest municipality in the RCM, after Saint-Henri. The Etchemin River go ...

. He set up business in Saint-Anselme. He married Marie-Célina Turgeon in 1856. In 1892, Audet was named to the

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for Lauzon division. He died in office in Saint-Anselme at the age of 82.

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* 1822 births 1905 deaths Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Conservative Party of Quebec MLCs 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec {{Conservative-Quebec-MNA-stub