- Jean-Baptiste Pouliot
Jean-Baptiste Pouliot (
May 21 1816 –October 18 1888 ) was aQuebec notary and political figure. He represented Témiscouata in theCanadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1874 to 1878.He was born at Kamouraska in 1816. He apprenticed as a notary at Rimouski, Trois-Pistoles and Kamouraska; he was admitted to the profession in 1840 and set up practice at Kamouraska, then La Malbaie and finally at Fraserville. Pouliot served on the municipal council at Fraserville. He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Témiscouata in 1863; he opposed Confederation.He died at Fraserville in 1888.
His son Charles-Eugène represented Témiscouata in the House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and his grandson
Jean-François Pouliot later represented the same riding in the House of Commons and was later named to the Senate.External links
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/o-p/pouljb.htm Biography from Assemblée nationale du Québec] fr icon
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=16449&s=M Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]s-ttl|title=
Member of Parliament forTémiscouata
years=1874–1878
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