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About Alexis Dessaint
- Alexis Dessaint (July 16, 1847 – December 18, 1890) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Kamouraska in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1890 as a Liberal member. He was born in Kamouraska, Canada East, the son of Pierre Dessaint and Anastasie Martin.
- Dessaint was educated at Saint-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Trois-Rivières, the Université Laval and Victoria University and was called to the Quebec bar in 1869.
- In 1873, he married Marie Blanche Henrietta Paradis.
- He was mayor of Kamouraska for several years and served as major in the local militia.
- He was also a commissioner in the Superior Court for Kamaraska.
- Dessaint died in office at the age of 43.
- He was one of five people killed in a train accident on the Intercolonial Railway at Lauzon, Quebec.
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