Cléophas Beausoleil

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Cléophas Beausoleil (19 June 1845 – 4 October 1904) was a Canadian journalist, publisher, office holder, lawyer, and politician.

Born in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Lower Canada, he was a journalist and lawyer before entering politics as an alderman with the Montreal City Council in 1882. He was acclaimed in 1885 and resigned in 1888. He was acclaimed again in 1892 and served until he was appointed postmaster in 1899. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1887 federal election in the riding of Berthier. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1891 and acclaimed in 1896. He resigned in 1899, when Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier appointed him postmaster in Montreal.

[edit] References

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

[edit] External links

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Edward Octavian Cuthbert	Member of Parliament for Berthier 1887–1899	Succeeded by Joseph Éloi Archambault