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About Joseph Dufresne
- Joseph Dufresne (February 2, 1805 – November 5, 1873) was a Quebec notary and political figure.
- He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Montcalm from 1867 to 1871. He was born in Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie, Lower Canada in 1805.
- He qualified as a notary in 1834 and set up practice in Saint-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, then Saint-Lin, Saint-Alexis and finally Montreal.
- In 1854, he was elected to the 5th Parliament of the Province of Canada for Montcalm; he was re-elected in 1858 but defeated by Jean-Louis Martin in 1861.
- When Martin died before taking his seat, Dufresne was elected to the seat in a by-election in February 1862.
- He was re-elected in 1863 and, in 1867, was elected to the Parliament of Canada in the same riding.
- He resigned in 1871, when he was appointed sheriff for Saint-Jean County. He died two years later at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
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