Background
He was born in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, Lower Canada, the son of Étienne Poulin and Charlotte Hébert, and was educated at the Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe.
politician Member of the National Assembly
He was born in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, Lower Canada, the son of Étienne Poulin and Charlotte Hébert, and was educated at the Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe.
He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1886 as a Conservative. Poulin was president of the school board for Marieville from 1868 to 1871 and from 1881 to 1882. He was mayor of Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir in 1882.
He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1886 and 1890 and again in Iberville in 1897.
He died in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir at the age of 66.