Alexis Dessaint
Politician
1847 – 1890
Who was Alexis Dessaint?
Alexis Dessaint was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Kamouraska in the Canadian House of Commons 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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