Louis Beaubien
| Louis Beaubien | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Hochelaga | |
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In office 1867–1886 |
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| Succeeded by | Joseph-Octave Villeneuve |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Nicolet | |
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In office 1892–1897 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph-Victor Monfette |
| Succeeded by | George Ball |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hochelaga |
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In office 1872–1874 |
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| Preceded by | Antoine-Aimé Dorion |
| Succeeded by | Alphonse Desjardins |
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July 27, 1837 Montreal, Lower Canada |
| Died | July 19, 1915 (aged 77) Outremont, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Relations | Pierre Beaubien, father |
Louis Beaubien (July 27, 1837 – July 19, 1915) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, the son of Pierre Beaubien, a physician and politician, and Marie-Justine Casgrain, he was one of the founders of Outremont.
In 1867, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Hochelaga. He was also elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Conservative candidate for the Quebec riding of Hochelaga in the 1872 federal election. He resigned once it was no longer allowed to hold both federal and provincial offices. He was re-elected in 1875, 1878, and acclaimed in 1881. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1876 to 1878. He did not run in the 1886 election. In 1891, he was named commissioner of agriculture and colonization in the cabinet of Charles Boucher de Boucherville. He was acclaimed in the 1892 election. He would remain in this post in the cabinets of Louis-Olivier Taillon and Edmund James Flynn. He was defeated in the 1897 election.
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