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He was born in Chabaud in France to farmer Etienne Bernard Reymond and Elizabeth Charriere Rond.
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Joseph Reymond
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He taught English from 1854 until 1857 before migrating to Melbourne in 1857, prospecting at Ararat, Ballarat and Chiltern. In 1862 he followed a gold rush to Forbes, where he set up a general store. He was an alderman from 1875 to 1884 and mayor from 1883 to 1884.
In 1895, Reymond was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Protectionist member for Ashburnham.
He served until 1904, when he was defeated running as an independent. Reymond became director of Forbes Hospital in his retirement, and died at Forbes in 1918.
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France