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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1824–1877)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2022}}
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| name             = Joseph-Octave Beaubien
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| image            = JosephOctaveBeaubien23.jpg
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| constituency_MP  = [[Montmagny (federal electoral district)|Montmagny]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = 
| successor        = [[Henri-Thomas Taschereau]]
| term_start       = 1867
| term_end         = 1872
| office2          = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Quebec]] for De la Durantaye
| predecessor2     = 
| successor2       = [[Édouard Rémillard]]
| term_start2      = November 2, 1867
| term_end2        = 1877
| office3          = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]] for Montmagny
| predecessor3     = [[Louis-Napoléon Casault]]
| successor3       = Replaced with the Canadian House of Commons
| term_start3      = 1858
| term_end3        = 1866
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1824|03|22}}
| birth_place      = [[Nicolet, Quebec|Nicolet]], [[Lower Canada]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1877|11|07|1824|03|22}}
| death_place      = [[Montmagny, Quebec]]
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| party            = [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
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'''Joseph-Octave Beaubien''' (March 22, 1824 &ndash; November 7, 1877) was a [[Quebec]] physician and political figure. He represented [[Montmagny (federal electoral district)|Montmagny]] in the [[1st Canadian Parliament]] as a [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]] member.

He was born in [[Nicolet, Quebec|Nicolet]] in [[Lower Canada]] in 1824, studied at the college there and then studied [[English language|English]] in [[Rochester, New York]]. He returned and studied medicine, becoming a doctor in 1847 and settled at [[Montmagny, Quebec|Montmagny]]. He was elected to represent Montmagny in the [[Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]] in 1857, 1861 and 1863; he was reelected after [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]]. He served in the [[Cabinet of Canada|cabinet]] as Commissioner of Crown Lands. He was also named to the [[Legislative Council of Quebec]] for La Durantaye division in 1867 and served until his death. He operated large farms at Montmagny and [[Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec|Cap-Saint-Ignace]]. Beaubien served as lieutenant-colonel in the local militia. He was also a director for the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]].

He died in Montmagny in 1877.

He was the nephew of [[Pierre Beaubien]], who had also been a member in the Legislative Assembly from [[Canada East]]. His daughter, Caroline-Alix, married [[Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont]], who later became a member of the House of Commons.

== Electoral record ==
{{1867 Canadian federal election/Montmagny}}
{{1872 Canadian federal election/Montmagny}}

==References==
* {{Canadabio|ID=4812}}
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=1799}}
* {{Quebec MNA biography|beaubien-joseph-octave-1869}}

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