Gédéon Ouimet

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Gédéon Ouimet (June 2, 1823April 23, 1905) was a French Canadian politician.

Born in what is today part of the city of Laval, Quebec Canada, Ouimet served as the Conservative Premier of the province of Quebec from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He resigned as party leader of the Quebec Conservatives in 1874. He died in Saint Hilaire de Dorset, Quebec in 1905. The Quebec town Saint-Gedeon chaged its name from Grandmont in honor of Ouimet.

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Preceded by
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Premier of Quebec
27 February 187322 September 1874
Succeeded by
Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville
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