Canadian politician
Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis (French pronunciation: [neʁe lə nɔblɛ dyplɛsi] Quebec , Canada . He served as Mayor of Trois-Rivières and as Member of the Legislative Assembly .[ 1] Premier Maurice Duplessis .
Early life
Duplessis was born in 1855 in Yamachiche , Mauricie , Canada East , the son of Marie-Louise (Lefebvre-Descôteaux) and Joseph Le Noblet Duplessis.[ 2] attorney .
Provincial politics
In 1886 , Duplessis, who was a Conservative , became the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Saint-Maurice . He was succeeding law practice partner François-Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers , who was moving to federal politics.
Despite a landslide victory of Honoré Mercier 's Parti National in 1890 , he and his Conservative colleagues from the Mauricie area were re-elected. He was re-elected again in 1892 as the Conservative Party won a majority.
The Liberals won the 1896 federal election and the 1897 provincial election . They would dominate Quebec politics for decades. Duplessis temporarily survived the new political context, but was ultimately defeated by Liberal Louis-Philippe Fiset in 1900 .
Under Duplessis's tenure, many Mauricie villages were established, including Saint-Jacques-des-Piles in 1885, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac in 1888 and Lac-à-la-Tortue in 1895.
Municipal politics
Duplessis was Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1904 to 1905.
Later life
Duplessis was appointed judge in 1914. He died in Montreal in 1926.
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