Background
He was born in L"Assomption, Lower Canada, the son of François Forest and Marie Amireau.
politician Member of the National Assembly
He was born in L"Assomption, Lower Canada, the son of François Forest and Marie Amireau.
Forest was educated Collège de l"Assomption and Victoria College in Montreal.
He represented L"Assomption in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal. He qualified to practise as a doctor in 1856 and set up his practice at L"Assomption. In 1858, Forest married Athala, the daughter of Pierre-Urgel Archambault.
He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1874 and 1879.
Forest ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1890 and in 1892. He died at L"Assomption at the age of 76.