Louis-Philippe Fiset was a local physician and politician in the Mauricie

Mauricie

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 area. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly

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He was born in 1843 in Saint-Cuthbert, Quebec

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Politics

He unsuccessfully ran as a Liberal

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 candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières

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 in 1896

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, and served as mayor of Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan from 1898 to 1900.

In 1900

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, Fiset became the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 for the district of Saint-Maurice

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. He was re-elected in 1904

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, but did not run for re-election 1908

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During his tenure, the city of Shawinigan was incorporated.

After retirement

Fiset died in Montreal

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in 1934. Rue Fiset (Fiset Street) in Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan was named to honor him.