Alexandre-Joseph Doucet was a farmer and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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, Canada. He represented Kent

Kent (New Brunswick electoral district)

Kent was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.It consisted of the County of Kent...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative

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He was born in Grand Étang, Nova Scotia

Grand Étang, Nova Scotia

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, the son of Joseph-Romuald Doucet and Sophie Le Blanc. Doucet was a farmer at Notre-Dame, Kent County

Kent County, New Brunswick

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. In 1903, he married Philomène Le Blanc. Doucet ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1921. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1923 by-election held following the death of Auguste Théophile Léger

Auguste Théophile Léger

Auguste Théophile Léger was a Canadian politician from the province of New Brunswick.Born in Cocagne, Kent County, New Brunswick, the son of Francois Auguste and Sophia Eleanore Léger, Léger was educated in public schools in Cocagne...

. He served on the municipal council for Dundas from 1923 to 1925. Doucet was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1926, 1935 and 1945. He was a director of the Potato Grower's Association of New Brunswick and auditor for the Farmer's Co-operative Creamery of Moncton

Moncton, New Brunswick

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. Doucet died in Moncton at the age of 70.