Némèse Garneau (November 15, 1847 – November 16, 1937) was a

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politician in the province of Quebec. Born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Garneau and Nathalie Rinfret dit Malouin, Garneau was the owner of a dry goods business. He was president of the General Live Stock Breeders' Association and a member of the executive committee of the Dairy Men's Association from 1896 to 1905. He was also president of the Chicoutimi Pulp Company and a director of the Quebec Bridge & Railway Company. He was elected to the

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for the electoral district of Québec-Comté in the 1897 election. A Liberal, he was re-elected by acclamation in the 1900 election. He was appointed to the

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in 1901 for the Shawinigan division. He was briefly the Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of Simon-Napoléon Parent in March 1905. He served until his death in 1937. He was made a Commander of the

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in 1916.

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