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5 unusual facts about Thomas Chapais


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Thomas Chapais (1858–1946), a French Canadian author, editor, historian, journalist, professor, and politician

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The first interpretations that can be cited are those of historian Thomas Chapais and civil servant Ernest Gagnon.

Thomas Chapais

In 1891, he ran unsuccessfully as a Conservative for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Kamouraska.

In 1930, he was a member of the Canadian delegation to the League of Nations.

Born in Saint-Denis, Quebec (then Canada East), the son of Jean-Charles Chapais, a Father of Canadian Confederation, and Henriette-Georgina Dionne, he received a Bachelor's degree in 1876 from Université Laval and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1879.



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