Joseph-Barthélemi Merleau

Joseph-Barthélemi Merleau (January 18, 1891 – February 13, 1954) was a Canadian lumber merchant and politician in Quebec. He represented Gatineau in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1935 to 1936.

The son of Léon-Herménégilde Merleau, a merchant, and Helen Skeehan, he was born in Lac-Sainte-Marie and was educated at the College of the Clerics of Saint Viator in Outremont.^[1] Merleau served as mayor of Gracefield from 1933 to 1937.^[2]

He was elected to the Quebec assembly in 1935, then was defeated by Georges-Adélard Auger when he ran for reelection in 1936.^[1]

From 1938 to 1942, Merleau worked in expropriation in the Eastern Townships. From 1942 to 1952, he was assistant controller for the Quebec Department of Revenue.^[1]

He was married twice: first to Veronica Stella Grace in 1912 and then to Janet Mildred Amy Laylor Gosselin in 1943.^[1]

He died in Kazabazua at the age of 63.^[1]