1. Sir Joseph Dubuc, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge who was born in Lower Canada and became an important political figure from Manitoba.
14 Facts About Joseph Dubuc
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Joseph Dubuc spent some time in the United States and learned English while working in a factory.
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Joseph Dubuc further engaged in formal studies, latterly at the Petit Seminaire de Montreal, where he made friends with Louis Riel.
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Joseph Dubuc received a Bachelor of Common Law degree from McGill College in 1869 and was called to the Lower Canada bar the same year.
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Joseph Dubuc wrote articles for the Montreal newspaper La Minerve explaining the position of the Metis and encouraging francophones to settle in the Canadian West.
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Joseph Dubuc had a son Lucien Dubuc who went on to become a famous Judge.
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Joseph Dubuc was acclaimed to the first provincial legislature when elections were held in 1870 at the Baie St-Paul riding.
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Joseph Dubuc persuaded Riel to run for the House of Commons of Canada in 1872 and was almost beaten to death in the ensuing riots.
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Joseph Dubuc worked to preserve the alliance between French Canadians and Metis.
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Joseph Dubuc served as attorney-general in the government of Marc-Amable Girard in 1872 but only served for a few months until the Girard ministry fell and was replaced by one formed by Robert Atkinson Davis, In March 1875, Dubuc was chosen Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba serving until 1878.
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Joseph Dubuc served on the Council of the North-West Territories from 1872 to 1876.
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Joseph Dubuc resigned from the provincial legislature was acclaimed in Provencher in the federal election of 1878 but left the House of Commons the next year to accept a judicial appointment on the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba.
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Joseph Dubuc grew estranged from Riel calling him a "dangerous maniac" following the Second Riel Rebellion.
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Joseph Dubuc died unexpectedly in Los Angeles on 7 January 1914.