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Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont
22nd Mayor of Quebec City
In office 1 March 1890 – 2 April 1894
Preceded by	François Langelier
Succeeded by	Simon-Napoléon Parent
Member of Parliament for Quebec County
In office April 1891 – June 1896
Preceded by	Adolphe-Philippe Caron
Succeeded by	Charles Fitzpatrick
Personal details
Born	20 December 1855 Quebec City
Died	28 March 1902(1902-03-28) (aged 46) Quebec City
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Caroline-Alix Beaubien
Profession	author, lawyer, professor

Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont (20 December 1855 – 28 March 1902) was a Canadian politician, author, lawyer and professor. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada and a mayor of Quebec City.

Frémont was born in Quebec City, Canada East, the son of doctor Charles-Jacques Frémont and Marie-Cécile Panet.^[1] He was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie, at St. Francis Xavier's College in New York City^[2] and the Université Laval and was called to the Quebec bar in 1878. He later became a professor of civil law at the Université Laval.^[3]

He was elected to Parliament at the Quebec County riding in the 1891 general election. After serving his term in the 7th Parliament, Frémont was defeated in the 1896 federal election by Charles Fitzpatrick, also of the Liberal party.

The inaugural Quebec Winter Carnival in 1894 occurred on Frémont's watch as Quebec City mayor.^[4]

In 1891,^[3] Frémont married Caroline-Alix, the daughter of Joseph-Octave Beaubien, a member of the 1st Canadian Parliament.^[5]

Frémont died at Quebec City at the age of 46 after a long illness.^[1]

• Le divorce et la séparation de corps
• Compendium of the Dominion Laws of Canada

• Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Frémont, Jules Joseph Taschereau" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. Publications.

• Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont – Parliament of Canada biography