Sévère Dumoulin
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivières
In office
1868–1869
Preceded byLouis-Charles Boucher de Niverville
Succeeded byCharles-Borromée Genest
In office
1881–1884
Preceded byArthur Turcotte
Succeeded byArthur Turcotte
Personal details
Born(1829-02-04)February 4, 1829
Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
DiedMay 17, 1910(1910-05-17) (aged 81)
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Political partyConservative

Sévère Dumoulin (February 4, 1829 May 17, 1910) was a politician from Quebec, Canada.[1]

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

  1. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.


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