Élie-Hercule Bisson was a notary and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Beauharnois

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1873 to 1878, from 1886 to 1892 and from 1892 to 1889 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Saint-Rémi

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, Lower Canada

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, the son of Alexis Bisson and Esther Lonctin. Bisson was educated at the Collège de Montréal

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 and, after articling as a notary, was admitted to practice in 1860. He practised at Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Quebec

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 from 1860 to 1876. In 1861, he married Virginie Rapin. He was recorder for the town of Beauharnois

Beauharnois, Quebec

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, secretary for Beauharnois County and served as mayor of Beauharnois in 1894 and 1895. Bisson was a director for the Beauharnois Junction Railway.

He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1873 by-election held following the death of George-Étienne Cartier

George-Étienne Cartier

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. Bisson was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1878. He was defeated by Moïse Plante

Moïse Plante

Moïse Plante was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Beauharnois in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1892 as a Conservative member....

 in 1892 but then was elected in a by-election held later that year after Plante's death. In 1898, he resigned his seat to become prothonotary

Prothonotary

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for Beauharnois district. He died in Beauharnois at the age of 73.