François Arthur Marcotte (September 25, 1866 – January 16, 1931) was a physician and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Champlain

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1896 to 1900 as a Conservative

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.

He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

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, Canada East

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, the son of François Marcotte and Cécile Hardy, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval

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. Marcotte set up practice at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. He was mayor of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and also served as warden for Champlain County. Marcotte's election in 1896

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 was overturned after an appeal but he won the by-election

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 that followed in 1897. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1900

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 and 1904

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. In 1899, he married Anna Marie Larue. Marcotte died at the Hôtel-Dieu in Quebec City

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at the age of 64.