Honoré Petit was a farmer, lumberman and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay

Saguenay (provincial electoral district)

Saguenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. The Saguenay district proper was created in 1948 after a split of the district of Charlevoix-Saguenay that existed from 1912 to 1944. located in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Saguenay was also part of...

 from 1892 to 1912 as a Conservative and Chicoutimi

Chicoutimi (provincial electoral district)

Chicoutimi is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Saguenay and contains most of the former city of Chicoutimi...

 from 1912 to 1919 as a Liberal in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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He was born in Cap-Santé, Canada East

Canada East

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, the son of Jean-Baptiste Petit and Marguerite Doré, and was educated at Cap-Santé, Neuville

Neuville, Quebec

Neuville is a village on the north shore of the Saint Laurence River, just west of Quebec City, part of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1684, and has remained quite picturesque throughout these years....

 and Lévis

Lévis, Quebec

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. He worked for the Price lumber company for 26 years. Petit was mayor of Sainte-Anne-de-Chicoutimi and warden for Chicoutimi County. He was defeated by Onésime Côté

Onésime Côté

Onésime Côté was a general merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 as a member of the Parti National....

 when he ran for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1890. Petit was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1919. He died three years later in Chicoutimi

Chicoutimi, Quebec

Chicoutimi is one of the three boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, and was a separate city in its own right until 2002. Chicoutimi had a population of 59,764 in the Canada 2001 Census, the last census in which Chicoutimi was counted as a separate city....

at the age of 74.