Joseph Dumas

{{short description|Canadian politician (1875–1950)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|2|19}}

| birth_place = Neche, North Dakota

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|1|14|1875|2|19}}

| death_place = Saugus, California

| nationality = Canadian-American

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| occupation = politician

| years_active = 1915–1920

| party = Liberal Party

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| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Nisbett|1898}}

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Joseph Pierre Dumas (February 19, 1875 – January 14, 1950)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247331446/joseph-pierre-dumas was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920 as a member of the Liberal Party.

Born in Neche, North Dakota, Dumas came to Manitoba in 1897. He worked as a construction contractor. In 1898, he married Mary Nisbett.{{cite web |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/dumas_jp.shtml |work=Memorable Manitobans |title=Joseph Pierre Dumas (1875-1950) |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society. |accessdate=2012-12-21}}|

Dumas was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1915 provincial election, defeating a Conservative and an independent Liberal candidate in the constituency of St. Boniface. The Liberal Party won this election, and Dumas served as a backbench supporter of Tobias Norris's administration for the next five years.

He ran for re-election in the 1920 campaign,{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html#D0 |title=MLA Biographies - Deceased |work=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155427/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html |archivedate=2014-03-30 }} but finished third against Conservative-Independent candidate Joseph Bernier.

In 1935, Dumas moved to California. He died in Saugus, California.