Maxime Goulet was a Canadian

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 politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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 from 1878 to 1886 and was the Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (Manitoba)

The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives is a cabinet minister in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The minister oversees Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, a department is often referred to as MAFRI...

 under Conservative Premier John Norquay

John Norquay

John Norquay was the Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887. He was born near St. Andrews in what was then the Red River Colony, making him the first Premier of Manitoba to have been born in the region....

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Goulet was born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba

Saint Boniface, Manitoba

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 in 1855. His father was Alexis Goulet, a St. Boniface resident of Métis

Métis people (Canada)

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 heritage; his mother Josephte was the daughter of John Siveright

John Siveright

John Siveright was a fur trader and later became Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Born December 2, 1779 in Drumdelgy, Cairnie, Scotland he was the son of John Siveright and Jannet Glass....

, a Scots

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 factor for the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

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. He was elected in the 1878 general election

Manitoba general election, 1878

The third Manitoba general election was held on December 18, 1878 to elect representatives to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba....

 as a member of the French Party for the riding of St. Vital

St. Vital

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. He then ran in the riding of La Verendrye

La Verendrye (electoral district)

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 as an independent conservative, winning in the 1879

Manitoba general election, 1879

This was the fourth Manitoba general election and was held on December 16, 1879....

 and 1883

Manitoba general election, 1883

This was the fifth Manitoba general election and was held on January 23, 1883....

 elections. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 7 January 1880 to 16 November 1881. He left office in 1886.

Maxime Goulet was a younger brother of the Métis martyr Elzéar Goulet

Elzéar Goulet

Elzéar Goulet was a Métis leader in the Red River Settlement, which later became the province of Manitoba, Canada...

, He married Elise Genthon in 1873. He died in 1932.

Goulet Street in central St. Boniface

Saint Boniface, Manitoba

Saint Boniface is a city ward of Winnipeg, home to much of the Franco-Manitoban community. It features such landmarks as the Cathédrale de Saint Boniface , Boulevard Provencher, the Provencher Bridge, Esplanade Riel, St. Boniface Hospital, the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface and the Royal...

is named for Maxime Goulet.