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Pierre Boutin | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Bellechasse | |
In office 1878–1881 | |
Preceded by | Pierre Fradet |
Succeeded by | Faucher de Saint-Maurice |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Henri, Lower Canada | December 26, 1821
Died | December 3, 1901 Beauport, Quebec | (aged 79)
Political party | Liberal |
Pierre Boutin (December 26, 1821 – December 3, 1901) was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Bellechasse in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1881 as a Liberal.
He was born in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada, the son of Pierre Boutin and Rose Morisset, and was educated there. Boutin also served as justice of the peace at Saint-Raphaël. In 1848, he married Esther Bernard. Boutin was an unsuccessful candidate in Bellechasse in an 1875 federal by-election. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in 1878, defeating the incumbent Pierre Fradet, but was defeated by Narcisse-Henri-Édouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice when he ran for reelection in 1881. Boutin died at Beauport at the age of 79 and was buried in Saint-Raphaël.