Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
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Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (July 18 1838 – March 30, 1886), a French-Canadian politician, was born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier.
Mousseau was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1874 election and was re-elected three times. In 1880, he was elevated to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, serving first as President of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, and then as Secretary of State for Canada.
Mousseau left federal politics to become the Conservative Premier of the province of Quebec from July 31, 1882, until his resignation on January 22, 1884, after being appointed as a judge.
Elections as party leader
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External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39846)
- National Assembly biography (http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/m-n/MOUSJA.htm) (in French)
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Preceded by: | List of Quebec premiers |
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