Joseph-alfred Mousseau

The Honourable Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, PC ( July 18 1838 – March 30 , 1886 ), was a French Canadian politician.

Born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier Lower Canada , Mousseau was first elected to the Canadian House Of Commons as a Conservative Member Of Parliament in the 1874 Election for the riding of Bagot , and was re-elected three times. In 1880, he was elevated to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald , serving first as president of the Queen's Privy Council Of Canada , and then as Secretary Of State For Canada .

Mousseau left federal politics to become the Conservative Premier of the province of Quebec from July 31 , 1882 , until his resignation on January 22 , 1884 , after being appointed as a judge. He died in Montreal in 1886 .

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