François-Xavier Paradis
MLA for Napierville
In office
9 December 1890  3 February 1891
Preceded byLaurent-David Lafontaine
Succeeded byEugène Lafontaine
MP for Napierville
In office
9 December 1890  3 February 1891
Preceded byLouis Sainte-Marie
Succeeded byDominique Monet
Personal details
Born9 February 1844
Saint-Rémi, Canada East
Died27 June 1910
Political partyConservative
OccupationFarmer, merchant

François-Xavier Paradis (9 February 1844 — 27 June 1910) was a Canadian politician.

The son of François Paradis and Marcelline Coupal, Paradis represented the provincial electoral district of Napierville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1886 as a member of the Quebec Conservative Party. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1878 and again in 1886 and 1890.[1]

In the 1887 federal election, he stood as the Conservative Party candidate in the federal district of Napierville, but was defeated by Louis Sainte-Marie. Following Ste-Marie's resignation in 1890, Paradis was acclaimed to the seat in the resulting by-election, but he was defeated again by Liberal Dominique Monet in the 1891 election.

Paradis was educated at Saint-Michel and Hemmingford. He was mayor of Saint-Michel from 1880 to 1881. Paradis was married twice: to Basilide Robert in 1863 and to Marie Renaud in 1880. After his defeat for a seat in the House of Commons in 1891, he moved to Montreal, where he became involved in real estate. Paradis died there at the age of 66.[1]

1887 Canadian federal election: Napierville
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis Sainte-Marie908
ConservativeFrançois-Xavier Paradis687
By-election on 9 December 1890
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeFrançois-Xavier Paradisacclaimed

References

  1. 1 2 "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.


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