Auguste Tessier was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Rimouski

Rimouski (provincial electoral district)

Rimouski is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1829.-Members of Legislative Assembly:*Joseph Garon, Conservative Party...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1889 to 1907 as a Liberal.

He was born in Notre-Dame de Québec

Quebec City

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, Canada East

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, the son of Ulric-Joseph Tessier

Ulric-Joseph Tessier

Ulric-Joseph Tessier was a Quebec lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure. He was a member of the Senate of Canada representing the Gulf division from 1867 to 1873 and served as mayor of Quebec City from 1853 to 1854....

 and Marguerite-Adèle Kelly, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec, the Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal and the Université Laval

Université Laval

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. Tessier was called to the Quebec bar in 1876 and set up practice in Rimouski

Rimouski, Quebec

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. In 1878, he married Corinne Gauvreau. He was mayor of Rimouski parish from 1889 to 1890, mayor of the town of Rimouski from 1889 to 1899 and warden for Rimouski County from 1885 to 1889. He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1889 by-election held following the death of Édouard-Onésiphore Martin

Édouard-Onésiphore Martin

Édouard-Onésiphore Martin was a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1889 as a Liberal....

. In 1899, he was named Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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. Tessier served as speaker for the assembly in March 1905 and then served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture from 1905 to 1906 and as provincial treasurer from 1906 to 1907.

Tessier resigned his seat in the assembly in 1907 when he was named to the Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Superior Court

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 for Rimouski district and, later that year, for Gaspé district. He retired from the bench in 1922. Tessier was also president of the agricultural society for Rimouski County. He died in Quebec City at the age of 84.

His brother Jules

Jules Tessier

Jules Tessier was a Canadian lawyer and politician.He was born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Ulric-Joseph Tessier and Mariane Perrault. He was educated at the Quebec seminary and at the Jesuit college in Montreal, and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1874. He was created a Queen's Counsel in...

 served in the Quebec assembly and the Canadian senate. His sister Marie-Anne-Adèle married Alexandre Chauveau

Alexandre Chauveau

Alexandre Chauveau was a lawyer, judge, educator and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1872 to 1880 as both a Conservative member and a Liberal cabinet minister.He was born in Quebec City, the son of Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau and...

. His son Auguste-Maurice

Auguste-Maurice Tessier

Auguste-Maurice Tessier was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1912 to 1922 as a Liberal....

 and his grandson Maurice also served in the Quebec assembly.