Désiré Olivier Bourbeau | |
Smallimage: | Désiré Olivier Bourbeau.jpg |
Constituency Mp: | Drummond—Arthabaska |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Wilfrid Laurier |
Successor: | Joseph Lavergne |
Term Start: | 1877 |
Term End: | 1887 |
Birth Date: | 1834 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | St-Pierre les Becquets, Lower Canada |
Death Place: | Arthabaska, Quebec |
Nationality: | British subject |
Party: | Conservative Party |
Occupation: | merchant |
Désiré Olivier Bourbeau (21 September 1834 - 21 December 1900) was a Canadian politician and merchant.
The son of L. Bourbeau and Édesse Gauvreau, Bourbeau established himself as a merchant in Victoriaville. He married M.B. Bouchard. Bourbeau was a director of the Arthabaska Building Society, the Arthabaska Agricultural Society and the Mutual Insurance Company.[1] He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1877 in a by-election as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Drummond—Arthabaska. He was re-elected in 1878 and 1882. Besides his federal political career, he was also mayor of Arthabaska, Quebec.