Antoine Rocheleau was a farmer and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Chambly

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1886 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1900 as a Liberal.

He was born in Chambly

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, Lower Canada

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, the son of Antoine Rocheleau and Françoise Brais, dit Labonté, and was educated at the Collège de Chambly. Rocheleau's farm was located at Saint-Hubert

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. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1892. Rocheleau was married twice: to Onésime Sainte-Marie in 1856 and to Alphonsine Morin in 1895. He died in Saint-Hubert at the age of 64.