Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet
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Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet (16 November 1878 – 21 August 1948) was a Liberal party
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. He was born in L'Île-Bizard, Quebec
and became a notary
.
The son of Adolphe Ouimet and Clephire Nantel, he was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal and entered practice as a notary in Saint-Polycarpe
. In 1905, Ouimet married Hortense Mousseau, the sister of Joseph-Octave Mousseau
.
He was elected to Parliament at the Vaudreuil—Soulanges
riding in a by-election on 21 March 1922. After serving for the remainder of the 14th Canadian Parliament
, Ouimet left federal politics and did not seek another term in the 1925 election
.
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
member of the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. He was born in L'Île-Bizard, Quebec
L'Île-Bizard, Quebec
Ville de L'Île-Bizard is a former municipality located on Île Bizard, an island northwest of the Island of Montreal. It was originally incorporated as a municipality on July 1, 1855 as Paroisse de Saint-Raphael-de l'Ile-Bizard....
and became a notary
Civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...
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The son of Adolphe Ouimet and Clephire Nantel, he was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal and entered practice as a notary in Saint-Polycarpe
Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec
Saint-Polycarpe is a Quebec municipality located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region west of Montreal and just east of the Quebec-Ontario border...
. In 1905, Ouimet married Hortense Mousseau, the sister of Joseph-Octave Mousseau
Joseph-Octave Mousseau
Joseph-Octave Mousseau was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Soulanges in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1904 to 1914 as a Liberal member....
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He was elected to Parliament at the Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Vaudreuil-Soulanges (electoral district)
Vaudreuil-Soulanges is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. From 1914 to 1968 a similarly-defined electoral district existed under the slightly different designation Vaudreuil—Soulanges.It consists of the...
riding in a by-election on 21 March 1922. After serving for the remainder of the 14th Canadian Parliament
14th Canadian Parliament
The 14th Canadian Parliament was in session from 8 March 1922 until 5 September 1925. The membership was set by the 1921 federal election on 6 December 1921, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1925 election.It was controlled by a...
, Ouimet left federal politics and did not seek another term in the 1925 election
Canadian federal election, 1925
The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This precipitated the "King-Byng Affair".The Liberals under...
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