Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis

Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis (French pronunciation: [neʁe lə nɔblɛ dyplɛsi]; 5 March 1855 – 23 June 1926) was a politician in the province of Quebec, Canada.

He was succeeding law practice partner François-Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers, who was moving to federal politics.

Despite a landslide victory of Honoré Mercier's Parti National in 1890, he and his Conservative colleagues from the Mauricie area were re-elected.

Duplessis temporarily survived the new political context, but was ultimately defeated by Liberal Louis-Philippe Fiset in 1900.

Under Duplessis's tenure, many Mauricie villages were established, including Saint-Jacques-des-Piles in 1885, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac in 1888 and Lac-à-la-Tortue in 1895.