14th Parliament of Lower Canada
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The 14th Parliament of Lower Canada was in session from January 21, 1831 to October 9, 1834. Elections in Lower Canada
had been held in October 1830. The Ninety-Two Resolutions
were submitted to the legislative assembly in 1834. All sessions were held at Quebec City
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Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
had been held in October 1830. The Ninety-Two Resolutions
Ninety-Two Resolutions
The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony....
were submitted to the legislative assembly in 1834. All sessions were held at Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
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| Beauce | Antoine-Charles Taschereau Antoine-Charles Taschereau Antoine-Charles Taschereau was an official and political figure in Quebec. He represented Beauce in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1838 and Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1844.He was born in Quebec City, the son of seigneur... |
| Beauce | Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Beauce in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1835 and Dorchester from 1844 to 1845 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.He was born in Quebec City, the son of seigneur... |
| Beauharnois | Charles Archambault Charles Archambault Charles Archambault was a surveyor and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Beauharnois in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1838.... |
| Beauharnois | Jacob De Witt Jacob De Witt Jacob De Witt was a Quebec businessman and political figure.He was born in Windham, Connecticut in 1785, of Dutch descent, and came to Montreal with his family around 1802. He set up a hardware business with a partner in 1814, opening his own business three years later... |
| Bellechasse | Augustin-Norbert Morin Augustin-Norbert Morin Augustin-Norbert Morin was a lawyer, judgeBorn in Saint-Michel, Lower Canada, into a large Roman Catholic farming family, Morin was identified by the parish priest at a young age as a boy of exceptional talent and intelligence. The parish priest therefore arranged for his education at the... |
| Bellechasse | Nicolas Boissonnault Nicolas Boissonnault Nicolas Boissonnault was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Hertford from 1824 to 1830 and Bellechasse from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| Berthier | Alexis Mousseau Alexis Mousseau Alexis Mousseau was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Warwick from 1820 to 1824 and from 1827 to 1830 and Berthier from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| Berthier | Jacques Deligny Jacques Deligny Jacques Deligny was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Warwick from 1814 to 1820 and from 1820 to 1830, and Berthier from 1830 to 1837.... |
| Bonaventure | Édouard Thibaudeau Édouard Thibaudeau Édouard Thibaudeau was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Bonaventure in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1836. His surname also appears as Thibodeau.... |
| Bonaventure | John Gosset |
| John Robinson Hamilton John Robinson Hamilton John Robinson Hamilton was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Bonaventure from 1832 to 1834 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and from 1841 to 1844 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.He was born in Quebec City, the son of Gavin Major Hamilton and Mary... (1832) |
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| Chambly | Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel was a lawyer, businessman and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Montreal in 1785, the son of Joseph Quesnel, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. He articled in law with Stephen Sewell, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and set up practice in Montreal... |
| Chambly | Louis-Michel Viger Louis-Michel Viger Louis-Michel Viger was a Quebec lawyer, businessman, seigneur and political figure.He was born in Montreal in 1785 and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël at the same time as his cousin, Louis-Joseph Papineau. He articled in law with his cousin, Denis-Benjamin Viger, was admitted to the bar in... |
| Champlain Champlain (Lower Canada) The district of Champlain was established in 1829, under the regime of the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was located in the current Mauricie area and was located northeast of the district of Saint-Maurice on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River... |
Olivier Trudel Olivier Trudel Olivier Trudel was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Champlain in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1838.... |
| Champlain | Pierre-Antoine Dorion Pierre-Antoine Dorion Pierre-Antoine Dorion was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Lower Canada around 1789. He worked as a clerk in a store at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade for Pierre Bureau and then established himself as a lumber merchant there. In 1814, he married Bureau's daughter,... |
| Deux-Montagnes | William Henry Scott William Henry Scott (politician) William Henry Scott was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in Scotland in 1797 and came to Lower Canada with his family around 1800, growing up in Montreal... |
| Deux-Montagnes | Jacques Labrie Jacques Labrie Jacques Labrie was a physician and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Saint-Charles in 1784, the son of farmer Jacques Nau, dit Labry, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He studied medicine with François Blanchet and completed his medical training at Edinburgh in Scotland... |
| Jean-Joseph Girouard Jean-Joseph Girouard Jean-Joseph Girouard was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City in 1794, of Acadian descent, and lived with his grandfather, Jean Baillairgé, after his father's death in 1800. When Baillairgé died in 1805, his mother became the housekeeper for a parish priest, who... (1831) |
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| Dorchester | Henry John Caldwell Henry John Caldwell Sir Henry John Caldwell was a seigneur and political figure in Quebec. He represented Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1834.... |
| Dorchester | Louis Lagueux Louis Lagueux Louis Lagueux was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in the town of Quebec in 1793, the son of merchant Louis Lagueux and Louise Bégin, whose father Charles Bégin served in the legislative assembly... |
| Jean Bouffard Jean Bouffard Jean Bouffard was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1838.... (1832) |
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| Drummond | Frederick George Heriot |
| Edward Toomy Edward Toomy Edward Toomy was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Drummond in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1833 to 1838. His surname also appears as Toomey.... (1833) |
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| Gaspé | Robert Christie Robert Christie Robert Christie was a lawyer, journalist, historian and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.... |
| John Le Boutillier John Le Boutillier John Le Boutillier or John Le Bouthillier was a Quebec businessman and political figure.He was born in Jersey in 1797 and came to the Gaspé peninsula around 1815 as an employee of Charles Robin. In 1830, he opened his own business exporting dried cod from the Gaspé region and settled in Gaspé... (1833) |
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| Gaspé | William Power William Power (Quebec judge) William Power was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Gaspé in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1838.... (1832) |
| Kamouraska | Amable Dionne Amable Dionne Amable Dionne was a businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in Kamouraska in 1781 and grew up there. He became a clerk for Pierre Casgrain, a merchant at Rivière-Ouelle, and, in 1811, was made a partner in the business... |
| Kamouraska | Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Rivière-Ouelle in Lower Canada in 1800, the son of merchant Pierre Casgrain, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal, Petit Séminaire de Québec and the Séminaire de Nicolet... |
| L'Acadie | Robert Hoyle Robert Hoyle Robert Hoyle was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Lancashire, England in 1781 and came to New York state in 1806. Hoyle supplied lumber to Lower Canada... |
| L'Acadie | François Languedoc François Languedoc François Languedoc was a seigneur, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born François de Borgias Languedoc in the town of Quebec in 1790, the son of a merchant. From 1812 to 1821, he was associated with John White and Company, which supplied goods for ships and sold and... |
| Lachenaie | Charles Courteau Charles Courteau Charles Courteau was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster from 1824 to 1827 and Lachenaie from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada as a supporter of the Parti patriote.He was born in Deschaillons, Quebec, the son of Julien Courteau and... |
| Lachenaie | Jean-Marie Rochon Jean-Marie Rochon Jean-Marie Rochon was a master carpenter and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster from 1822 to 1827 and Lachenaie from 1830 to 1837 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| Laprairie | Jean-Moïse Raymond Jean-Moïse Raymond Jean-Moïse Raymond was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in La Tortue in 1787, the son of Jean-Baptiste Raymond, and later moved to La Prairie with his family... |
| Laprairie | Austin Cuvillier Austin Cuvillier Austin Cuvillier was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born Augustin Cuvillier in Quebec City in 1779 and was hired by a Montreal auctioneer, eventually taking over the business when his employer retired. After he formed a partnership with two other men, the... |
| L'Assomption | Barthélemy Joliette Barthélemy Joliette Barthélemy Joliette was a notary, businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.... |
| Édouard-Étienne Rodier Édouard-Étienne Rodier Édouard-Étienne Rodier was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Étienne-Édouard Rodier in Montreal in 1804, the son of a Montreal merchant, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal... (1832) |
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| L'Assomption | Amable Éno, dit Deschamps Amable Éno, dit Deschamps Amable Éno, dit Deschamps was a political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption from 1830 to 1834 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada as a supporter of the Parti patriote. His name also appears as Amable Deschamps.He was born in L'Assomption, Quebec, the son of Jean-Baptiste... |
| L'Islet | Jean-Baptiste Fortin Jean-Baptiste Fortin Jean-Baptiste Fortin was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Devon from 1804 to 1814 and from 1820 to 1830 and L'Islet from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| L'Islet | Jean-Charles Létourneau Jean-Charles Létourneau Jean-Charles Létourneau was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in 1775 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. Létourneau articled as a notary with Roger Lelièvre and later Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau, qualifying to practice in 1803... |
| Lotbinière | Louis Méthot Louis Méthot Louis Méthot was a Quebec businessman and political figure.He was born Louis Méthotte at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Lower Canada in 1793. Méthot was a merchant at Sainte-Croix. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812, becoming lieutenant. He was named justice of the peace... |
| Lotbinière | Jean-Baptiste-Isaïe Noël Jean-Baptiste-Isaïe Noël Jean-Baptiste-Isaïe Noël was a seigneur, physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Lotbinière in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1838 and in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1844.He was born in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, the son of... |
| Mégantic | Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson (politician) Anthony Anderson was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Mégantic in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1834.... (1832) |
| Missisquoi | Ralph Taylor Ralph Taylor (politician) Ralph Taylor was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly from 1829 to 1834.... |
| Missisquoi | Stevens Baker Stevens Baker Stevens Baker was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1834.... |
| Montmorency | Philippe Panet Philippe Panet Philippe Panet was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City in 1791, the son of Jean-Antoine Panet, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec... |
| Elzéar Bédard Elzéar Bédard Elzéar Bédard was a lawyer and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. He later became a judge.He was born at Quebec City in 1799, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard... (1832) |
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| Montreal County | Joseph Valois Joseph Valois Joseph Valois was a businessman, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Montréal in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1834.... |
| Montreal County | Joseph Perrault Joseph Perrault (Lower Canada politician) Joseph Perrault was a politician in Lower Canada. He represented Montréal County in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1831.... |
| Dominique Mondelet Dominique Mondelet (seigneur) Dominique Mondelet was a lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, the son of notary Jean-Marie Mondelet, and studied at the Collège de Montréal. He articled in law with Michael O'Sullivan, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and set up... (1831) |
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| Montreal East | Hugues Heney Hugues Heney Hugues Heney was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1789, the grandson of Pierre Foretier, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. Heney articled with Joseph Bédard in Montreal, was called to the bar in 1811 and set up practice in Montreal... |
| Antoine-Olivier Berthelet Antoine-Olivier Berthelet Antoine-Olivier Berthelet was a businessman, philanthropist and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1798, the son of Pierre Berthelet, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal... (1832) |
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| Montreal East | James Leslie |
| Montreal West | Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau , born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a famous politician in Quebec... |
| Montreal West | John Fisher |
| Daniel Tracey Daniel Tracey Daniel Tracey born in Roscrea, Tipperary County, Ireland, was a doctor, journalist and Canadian politician.He arrived in the Province of Lower Canada with his younger siblings in 1825.-The Vindicator:... (1832) |
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| Nicolet | Jean-Baptiste Proulx Jean-Baptiste Proulx (politician) Jean-Baptiste Proulx was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Nicolet in 1793, the son of a farmer, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He returned to the family farm after completing his studies. Proulx served in the local militia during the War of 1812 and later... |
| Nicolet | Louis Bourdages Louis Bourdages Louis Bourdages was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Louis-Marie Bourdages in Jeune-Lorette, Quebec in 1764, the son of Raymond Bourdages, an Acadian doctor and merchant. Bourdages studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, where he met Pierre-Stanislas Bédard... |
| Orléans | François Quirouet François Quirouet François Quirouet was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Pierre-François Quirouet in the town of Quebec in 1776. He served in the militia, later becoming lieutenant-colonel. He was a merchant and was also licensed as an auctioneer... |
| Alexis Godbout Alexis Godbout Alexis Godbout was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Orléans in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1834 to 1838.... (1834) |
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| Orléans | Jean-Baptiste Cazeau Jean-Baptiste Cazeau Jean-Baptiste Cazeau was a wheelwright and political figure in Quebec. He represented Orléans in the Legislative Assembly of Canada from 1830 to 1838.... |
| Ottawa Ottawa (County of) Ottawa was a federal and provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, which was represented in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1830 to 1867, in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892, and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to at least 1919.The... |
Philemon Wright Philemon Wright Philemon Wright was a farmer and entrepreneur who founded Wrightstown, the first permanent settlement in the National Capital Region of Canada... |
| Ottawa | Theodore Davis Theodore Davis (Canadian politician) Theodore Davis was an American-born merchant, surveyor and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire around 1778. Davis received his commission as surveyor in 1799 and set up practice at Saint-André-d'Argenteuil. He surveyed Hull County for Philemon Wright and was... (1832) |
| Portneuf Portneuf County, Quebec Portneuf County is an historic county in Quebec, Canada west of Quebec City on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada.The county seat was Cap-Santé... |
Hector-Simon Huot Hector-Simon Huot Hector-Simon Huot was a lawyer and politician in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City in 1803, the son of merchant François Huot, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He articled in law with Louis Lagueux, was called to the bar in 1825 and set up practice at Quebec City... |
| Portneuf | François-Xavier Larue François-Xavier Larue François-Xavier Larue was a farmer, notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1763. He articled as a notary with Pierre-Louis Deschenaux, qualified to practice in 1788 and set up practice at Pointe-aux-Trembles. He farmed on land there in the seigneury of... |
| Quebec County Quebec County, Quebec Quebec County is an historic county in the province of Quebec, Canada. The county included the Quebec City metropolitan area and extended northwestward... |
Michel Clouet Michel Clouet Michel Clouet was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Beauport in 1770. He operated a general store at Quebec City, was partners with François Huot in a retail company from 1796 to 1797 and then went on to operate his own store at Quebec which mainly sold hardware... |
| Louis-Théodore Besserer Louis-Théodore Besserer Louis-Théodore Besserer was a businessman, notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Château-Richer, Quebec in 1785. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and later became a notary. During the War of 1812, he was a lieutenant in the Quebec City militia, later becoming captain... (1833) |
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| Quebec County | John Neilson John Neilson John Neilson was a Scots-Quebecer editor of the newspaper La Gazette de Québec/The Quebec Gazette and a politician.- Biography :... |
| Quebec (Lower Town) | Thomas Lee Thomas Lee (notary) Thomas Lee was a notary, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Thomas Lée in the town of Quebec in 1783, the son of merchant Jean-Thomas Lée, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He articled as a notary, qualified to practice in 1805 and set up practice at Quebec. He... |
| George Vanfelson George Vanfelson George Vanfelson was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1784, of German descent, and studied law with Jean-Antoine Panet. He was called to the bar in 1805. Vanfelson was a captain in the militia during the War of 1812... (1832) |
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| Quebec (Lower Town) | Thomas Ainslie Young Thomas Ainslie Young Thomas Ainslie Young was an official and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City in 1797, the son of John Young and grandson of Thomas Ainslie, and studied in Lower Canada and at London... |
| Quebec (Upper Town) | Andrew Stuart Andrew Stuart (Canadian politician) Andrew Stuart was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Cataraqui in 1785, the son of Anglican priest John Stuart, a United Empire Loyalist, and studied with the Reverend John Strachan and then at Union College in New York... |
| Quebec (Upper Town) | Jean-François-Joseph Duval Jean-François-Joseph Duval Jean-François-Joseph Duval was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Quebec Upper Town in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1829 to 1834.... |
| Richelieu | François-Roch de Saint-Ours François-Roch de Saint-Ours François-Roch de Saint-Ours was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Richelieu in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1824 to 1832.... |
| Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury Lieutenant Colonel Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury was a Canadian soldier, lawyer, politician and newspaper founder.-Early life:... (1832) |
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| Richelieu | Jacques Dorion Jacques Dorion Jacques Dorion was a doctor and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City around 1797 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. Dorion studied medicine at Paris and returned to set up practice at Saint-Ours. In 1824, he married Catherine-Louise Lovell, niece of seigneur... |
| Rimouski | Paschal Dumais Paschal Dumais Paschal Dumais was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1831.-Biography:... |
| Alexis Rivard Alexis Rivard Alexis Rivard was a trader and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1834.... (1832) |
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| Rimouski | François Corneau |
| Louis Bertrand Louis Bertrand (Quebec seigneur) Louis Bertrand was a Canadian seigneur, businessman and political figure.Bertrand was born in Cap-Santé, Quebec in 1779. He worked as baker at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, then moved to L'Isle-Verte in 1811 and opened a store there... (1832) |
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| Rouville | Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1789, the son of Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel de Rouville. He became a lieutenant in the militia around 1807 and served as a captain in the Canadian Voltigeurs during the War of 1812... |
| Théophile Lemay Théophile Lemay Théophile Lemay was a farmer, notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1834.... (1832) |
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| Rouville | Rémi-Séraphin Bourdages Rémi-Séraphin Bourdages Rémi-Séraphin Bourdages was a physician and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1832.... |
| François Rainville (1833) | |
| Pierre Careau Pierre Careau Pierre Careau was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1833 to 1838 as a supporter of the Parti patriote. His surname also appears as Carreau.He was born in Saint-Mathias, Quebec, the son of Joseph Careau and... (1833) |
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| Saguenay | Joseph-Isidore Bédard Joseph-Isidore Bédard Joseph-Isidore Bédard was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1806, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He articled in law with Georges-Barthélemi Faribault and was called to the bar in 1829... |
| François-Xavier Tessier François-Xavier Tessier François-Xavier Tessier was a doctor, publisher and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in the town of Quebec in 1799. He studied medicine for several years and was qualified to practice as a surgeon in 1820... (1833) |
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| Saguenay | Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière was a Quebec doctor, seigneur and political figure.He was born in Baie-du-Febvre, Lower Canada in 1792, the son of Pierre de Sales Laterrière who became the seigneur of Les Éboulements. Laterrière studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec and went on to study... |
| André Cimon André Cimon André Cimon was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1838. His surname also appears as Simon.... (1832) |
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| Saint-Hyacinthe | Jean Dessaulles Jean Dessaulles Jean Dessaulles was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac in 1766 and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. He worked as a seigneurial agent for his aunt, who was managing the seigneury of Saint-Hyacinthe... |
| Louis Poulin Louis Poulin Louis Poulin was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Saint-Hyacinthe in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1834.... (1832) |
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| Saint-Hyacinthe | Louis Raynaud, dit Blanchard Louis Raynaud, dit Blanchard Louis Raynaud, dit Blanchard was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Saint-Hyacinthe in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1838... |
| Saint-Maurice | Valère Guillet Valère Guillet Valère Guillet was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1836 as a supporter of the Parti patriote.... |
| Saint-Maurice | Pierre Bureau Pierre Bureau Pierre Bureau was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in L’Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec in 1771. Bureau operated an inn for travellers at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and a ferry service across the Sainte-Anne River. Around 1811, he moved to Trois-Rivières, where he became a... |
| Shefford | Paul Holland Knowlton Paul Holland Knowlton Paul Holland Knowlton was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in Newfane, Vermont in 1787 and came to Lower Canada in 1798 with his family. After his mother died two years later, he went back to Newfane to live with his grandparents and complete his... |
| Shefford | Samuel Wood Samuel Wood (Lower Canada politician) Samuel Wood was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Shefford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1838.... (1832) |
| Sherbrooke | Samuel Brooks Samuel Brooks (Canadian politician) Samuel Brooks was an American-born merchant and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, the son of merchant Samuel Brooks. He set up business in Newbury, Vermont. He married Elizabeth Towle in 1813. Around 1820, he moved to Stanstead in Lower Canada, later moving... |
| Bartholomew Conrad Augustus Gugy (1831) | |
| Sherbrooke | Charles Frederick Henry Goodhue Charles Frederick Henry Goodhue Charles Frederick Henry Goodhue was an entrepreneur, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1834.... |
| Stanstead | Ebenezer Peck Ebenezer Peck Ebenezer Peck was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada and the United States. He represented Stanstead in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1829 to 1834.... |
| Stanstead | James Baxter |
| Wright Chamberlin (1833) | |
| Marcus Child Marcus Child Marcus Child was a Quebec businessman and political figure.He was born in West Boylston, Massachusetts in 1792 and came to Stanstead County, Lower Canada in 1812, where he entered business a druggist. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Stanstead as a reformer in an 1829... (1834) |
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| Terrebonne | Joseph-Ovide Turgeon Joseph-Ovide Turgeon Joseph-Ovide Turgeon was a Quebec official and political figure.He was born at Terrebonne in 1797, a cousin of Louis Turgeon, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He travelled in the United States before settling again at Terrebonne. He was named commissioner in charge of extending the... |
| Terrebonne | Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine , 1st Baronet, KCMG was the first Canadian to become Prime Minister of the United Province of Canada and the first head of a responsible government in Canada. He was born in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1807... |
| Trois-Rivières | Charles Richard Ogden Charles Richard Ogden Charles Richard Ogden was a Joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1842 with William Henry Draper PM for Canada West. Odgen was a member of the Château Clique.... |
| Jean Desfossés Jean Desfossés Jean Desfossés was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Trois-Rivières in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1833 to 1834.... (1833) |
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| Trois-Rivières | Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.... |
| René-Joseph Kimber René-Joseph Kimber René-Joseph Kimber was a physician and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East. His grandfather's surname was originally spelled Jékimbert.... (1832) |
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| Vaudreuil | Godefroy Beaudet |
| Paul-Timothée Masson Paul-Timothée Masson Paul-Timothée Masson was a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Vaudreuil in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1831 to 1834.... (1831) |
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| Vaudreuil | Alexis Demers |
| Charles Rocbrune, dit Laroque Charles Rocbrune, dit Laroque Charles Rocbrune, dit Laroque was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Vaudreuil in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1833 to 1838 as a supporter of the Parti patriote... (1833) |
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| Verchères | Pierre Amiot Pierre Amiot Pierre Amiot was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Surrey from 1813 to 1830 and then Verchères from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| Verchères | François-Xavier Malhiot François-Xavier Malhiot François-Xavier Malhiot was a merchant, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born François-Xavier-Amable Malhiot at Verchères, Quebec in 1781, the son of François Malhiot. Malhiot joined the Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment as an officer and later became a lieutenant-colonel in... |
| Joseph-Toussaint Drolet Joseph-Toussaint Drolet Joseph-Toussaint Drolet was a merchant, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Verchères in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1838 as a supporter of the Parti patriote.... (1832) |
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| William-Henry | Jonathan Würtele Jonathan Würtele Jonathan Würtele was a seigneur, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1792, the son of a merchant of German origin. He entered business at Quebec and took over the operation of his father's business when his father retired in 1819... |
| Yamaska | Joseph Badeaux Joseph Badeaux Joseph Badeaux was the son of Jean-Baptiste Badeaux and, in 1792, he began articling to become a notary. His clerkship was with his brother Antoine-Isidore, who, like their father, was of the notarial profession. He was commissioned to practise in 1798... |
| Yamaska | Charles-Nicolas-Fortuné de Montenach |
| Léonard Godefroy de Tonnancour Léonard Godefroy de Tonnancour Léonard Godefroy de Tonnancour was a political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska in 1793, the son of seigneur Joseph-Marie Godefroy de Tonnancour, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He worked as an administrator on the family estates... (1832) |