Sévère Dumoulin
Sévère Dumoulin (February 4, 1829 – May 17, 1910) was a politician from Quebec, Canada.[1]
Sévère Dumoulin | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivières | |
| In office 1868–1869 | |
| Preceded by | Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville |
| Succeeded by | Charles-Borromée Genest |
| In office 1881–1884 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Turcotte |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Turcotte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 4, 1829 Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada |
| Died | May 17, 1910 (aged 81) Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
Background
He was born on February 4, 1829, in Trois-Rivières, Mauricie. He was a lawyer. He was married to Frances Sophia Macaulay in 1862 and to Elizabeth Broster in 1877.
Mayor of Trois-Rivières
Dumoulin served as a Council member from 1857 to 1861 and from 1864 to 1865 and as Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1865 to 1869 and from 1879 to 1885.
Provincial Politics
He ran as a Conservative candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in 1867 and lost, but won a by-election in the same district in 1868. He resigned in 1869 to accept an appointment as a sheriff.
Dumoulin ran again in 1881 as a Conservative candidate in the same district and won. However the election was cancelled and he lost the subsequent by-election.
Death
He died on May 17, 1910.
Footnotes
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
External links
- "Sévère Dumoulin". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.