Firmin Dugas

Firmin Dugas was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative Party of [Canada (historical)|Conservative] member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Montcalm (federal [electoral district)|Montcalm] from 1871 to 1887 and in the Legislative [Assembly of Quebec] from 1867 to 1874.
He was born in Rawdon Township, Lower Canada in 1830 and studied at Collège [de l'Assomption]. Dugas owned and operated several sawmills and flour mills at Saint-Liguori. He was mayor of Saint-Liguori from 1860 to 1862. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in 1867; he was elected to the House of Commons in an 1871 by-election after Joseph Dufresne resigned his seat to accept a post as sheriff. Dugas resigned his seat in the Quebec assembly in 1874 when it became illegal to hold seats in both houses.
He died at Saint-Liguori in 1889.
His son Joseph [Louis Euclide Dugas|Joseph-Louis-Euclide] also later represented Montcalm in the House of Commons.