Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis Explained

Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Maurice
Predecessor:François-Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers
Successor:Louis-Philippe Fiset
Term Start:1886
Term End:1900
Order2:19th
Office2:Mayor of Trois-Rivières
Predecessor2:N.-L. Denoncourt
Successor2:Louis-Docithé Paquin
Term Start2:1904
Term End2:1905
Birth Date:5 March 1855
Birth Place:Yamachiche, Canada East
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec
Party:Conservative
Children:Maurice Duplessis

Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis (5 March 1855 – 23 June 1926) was a politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. He served as Mayor of Trois-Rivières and as Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was the father of Premier Maurice Duplessis.

Early life

Duplessis was born in 1855 in Yamachiche, Mauricie, Canada East, the son of Marie-Louise (Lefebvre-Descôteaux) and Joseph Le Noblet Duplessis.[1] He was an attorney.

Provincial politics

In 1886, Duplessis, who was a Conservative, became the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Saint-Maurice. He was succeeding law practice partner François-Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers, who was moving to federal politics.

Despite a landslide victory of Honoré Mercier's Parti National in 1890, he and his Conservative colleagues from the Mauricie area were re-elected. He was re-elected again in 1892 as the Conservative Party won a majority.

The Liberals won the 1896 federal election and the 1897 provincial election. They would dominate Quebec politics for decades. Duplessis temporarily survived the new political context, but was ultimately defeated by Liberal Louis-Philippe Fiset in 1900.

Under Duplessis's tenure, many Mauricie villages were established, including Saint-Jacques-des-Piles in 1885, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac in 1888 and Lac-à-la-Tortue in 1895.

Municipal politics

Duplessis was Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1904 to 1905.

Later life

Duplessis was appointed judge in 1914. He died in Montreal in 1926.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Le Bulletin des recherches historiques. 1926.