Joseph-Octave Mousseau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada
About Joseph-Octave Mousseau
- Joseph-Octave Mousseau (August 2, 1875 – December 2, 1965) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Soulanges in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1904 to 1914 as a Liberal member. He was born in Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec, the son of Joseph-Octave Mousseau and Rose-Avelina Cadieux.
- Mousseau studied at Collège Bourget at Rigaud and the Université Laval; he was called to the Quebec bar in 1897 and set up practice in Montreal.
- In 1899, he married Clara Gagné.
- Mousseau was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the provincial assembly in a 1902 by-election.
- He was named King's Counsel in 1909.
- He served as party whip from 1913 to 1914.
- He resigned his seat in 1914 after being accused of corruption in the Montreal Daily Mail; these accusations were found to be justified by a committee of the assembly.
- In 1917, he married his cousin Annette, the daughter of Joseph-Alfred Mousseau.
- He was married a third time, to CĂ©cile Langlois, in 1955.
- Mousseau died in Montreal at the age of 90 and was buried in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery. His sister Hortense married Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet.
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