Background
He was born Joseph Poulin in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir in Lower Canada in 1821 and practiced medicine and surgery there.
He was born Joseph Poulin in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir in Lower Canada in 1821 and practiced medicine and surgery there.
In 1851, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Rouville. He was reelected in 1854. He resigned his seat in 1856 to run unsuccessfully in the Rougemont division for a seat in the Legislative Council.
In 1863, he was elected again to the assembly and served until Confederation.
He ran for the same seat in the federal parliament but was not elected. He died in Marieville in 1892.