{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = J-Arthur Denis | birth_name = Joseph-Arthur Denis | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1881|4|26}} | birth_place = Saint-Norbert, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1934|10|1|1881|4|26|df=yes}} | death_place = Lac-Rouge, Quebec, Canada<ref name="johnson"/> | spouse = Ottawa Gagnon<br />m. 26 June 1907<ref name=CPG32>{{cite book | title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide | first=A.L. | last=Normandin | year=1932 }}</ref> | constituency_MP = St. Denis | parliament = Canadian | predecessor = Alphonse Verville | successor = Azellus Denis | term_start = December 1921 | term_end = October 1934 | profession = physician | party = Liberal | footnotes = | website = }}

'''Joseph-Arthur Denis''' (26 April 1881 &ndash; 1 October 1934) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

== Biography == He was born in Saint-Norbert, Quebec in Berthier County and became a physician.The son of Arsène Denis and Georgiana Laporte,<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}}</ref> Denis attended Joliette College, then Université Laval.<ref name="CPG32" /> He practised medicine at Notre-Dame-des-Bois and Montreal.<ref name="johnson" />

He was first elected to Parliament at the St. Denis riding in the 1921 general election then re-elected in 1925, 1926 and 1930. Denis died on 1 October 1934 before he was able to complete his fourth term, the 17th Canadian Parliament. His brother Azellus succeeded him as member for St. Denis.

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