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Sévère Dumoulin (February 4, 1829 – May 17, 1910) was a politician from Quebec, Canada.
Background
He was born on February 4, 1829 in Trois-Rivières, Mauricie. He was a lawyer. He was married to Frances Sophia Macaulay in 1862 and to Elizabeth Broster in 1877.
Mayor of Trois-Rivières
Dumoulin served as a Council member from 1857 to 1861 and from 1864 to 1865 and as Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1865 to 1869 and from 1879 to 1885.
Provincial Politics
He ran as a Conservative candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in 1867 and lost, but won a by-election in the same district in 1868. He resigned in 1869 to accept an appointment as a sheriff.
Dumoulin ran again in 1881 as a Conservative candidate in the same district and won. However the election was cancelled and he lost the subsequent by-election.
Death
He died on May 17, 1910.