Onésime Pelletier was a physician and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Bellechasse

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1867 to 1875 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Lavaltrie

Lavaltrie, Quebec

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, Canada East

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, the son of Ambroise Pelletier and Louise-Sophie Giguère, and was educated at the Collège de l'Assomption and the Université Laval

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. He qualified to practice as a doctor in 1858 and set up practice in Saint-Charles. In 1859, he married Anselmie Blais. Pelletier was president of the Bellechasse Colonization Society. He was defeated by Pierre Fradet

Pierre Fradet

Pierre Fradet was a carpenter and political figure in Quebec. He represented Bellechasse in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1875 to 1878 as a Conservative....

when he ran for reelection in 1875. Pelletier died in Saint-Charles at the age of 47.