Background
He was born Louis-Joseph Gouin in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, the son of Louis Gouin and Marie-Thérèse Lanouette.
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Louis Gouin
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Career
He represented Buckinghamshire in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1800 to 1804. Gouin was a captain in the militia, later reaching the rank of major. In 1789, he established himself as a merchant at Baie-du-Febvre.
He also owned a mill there.
Gouin did not run for reelection in 1804. He purchased the seigneury of Courval in 1804 and part of the seigneury of Saint-François in 1806.
In 1809, Gouin was named a school commissioner. He died in Baie-du-Febvre at the age of 57.
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September 1, 1814 (aged 57) -
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Canada