Jean Alfred Gagné

Canadian politician
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IntroCanadian politician
PlacesCanada
wasPolitician Judge
Work fieldLaw Politics
Gender
Male
Birth17 April 1842
Death8 August 1910 (aged 68 years)
Politics:Conservative Party Of Canada
The details

Biography

Jean-Alfred Gagné (April 17, 1842 – August 8, 1910) was a lawyer, merchant, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi—Saguenay in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887 as a Conservative member.

He was born in La Malbaie, Canada East, the son of Jean Gagné and Christine Blackburn and was educated at the Seminaire de Québec. Gagné was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1864 and set up practice in Chicoutimi. In 1864, he married Marie Emilie Louise Guay, the sister of Joseph-Dominique Guay. Gagné was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1872 and 1878 federal elections. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1887. In 1889, he was named a judge in the Quebec Superior Court for Chicoutimi district. He died in Quebec City at the age of 68.

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