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Canadian politician
Louis Blais
(January 7, 1755 – May 15, 1838) was a farmer and political figure in
Lower Canada
. He represented Hertford in the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
from 1800 to 1804.
He was born in
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Riviere-du-Sud
, the son of
Michel Blais
and Marie-Francoise Lizotte. Blais was a captain in the militia, later reaching the rank of major. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1804. He was married twice: first to Marie-Gabriel Roy, the sister of
Etienne-Ferreol Roy
, in 1781 and then to Marie-Anne Bosse in 1786. Blais died in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Riviere-du-Sud at the age of 83.
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