Pierre-Basile Benoit

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1837–1910)}}

{{Distinguish|text=the Pierre Benoit (1824–1870) who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Napierville}}

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Pierre Basile Benoit (October 8, 1837 – November 11, 1910) was a Quebec farmer and political figure. He represented Chambly in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874 and from 1876 to 1886.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=14530|nolist=yes}}

He was born in Longueuil, Lower Canada in 1837, the son of Laurent Benoit,{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |editor-last=Johnson |editor-first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada |location=Ottawa |page=38 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiandirector0000publ/page/38 |url-access=registration}} and educated at St. Hyacinthe. Benoit, who farmed near Saint-Hubert, married Josephine Sicotte. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1871. In 1886, he resigned his seat to accept the post of superintendent for the Chambly Canal. He was a member of the Agricultural Council of Quebec and served as president of the Chambly Agricultural Society.{{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32955/132 |page=128 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register |year=1881 |publisher=Citizen Printing and Publishing Company |editor-last=Mackintosh |editor-first=C.H. |editor-link=Charles Herbert Mackintosh |location=Ottawa}} In 1905, he was named Inspector of Dominion Stores for the Chambly Canal.

Benoit died in Saint-Hubert at the age of 73.