Augustin Bourbonnais was a Canadian

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 physician and politician.

Born in Saint-Clet

Saint-Clet, Quebec

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, Soulanges County, Canada East

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, the son of Michel Bourbonnais and Angèle Houle, Bourbonnais was educated at the Seminary of Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec

Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec

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, where he graduated a B.A. in 1872. He studied medicine at Laval University and became an M.D. in 1875. He first practised at Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

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 and moved to Coteau Landing, Quebec. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the riding of Soulanges

Soulanges (electoral district)

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 in the general elections of 1896

Canadian federal election, 1896

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. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1900

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 and 1904

Canadian federal election, 1904

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. He was defeated in 1908

Canadian federal election, 1908

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His younger brother, Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais

Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais

Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais was a civil servant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Soulanges in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1892 as a Parti national member and from 1892 to 1902 as a Liberal member.He was born in Saint-Clet, Canada East, the son of Michel Bourbonnais...

, was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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from 1886 to 1902.