Charles-Ignace Gill was a Quebec

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 lawyer and political figure. He represented Yamaska

Yamaska (electoral district)

Yamaska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1871 to 1874 and in the Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Conservative

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 member from 1874 to 1879.

He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac

Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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 in 1844, the son of Ignace Gill

Ignace Gill

Ignace Gill was a businessman and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada in 1808. He worked as a clerk in stores at Baie-du-Febvre and then operated his own store at Saint-François-de-Sales from around 1830 to 1850. He was named justice of the peace in...

 and studied at the Collège de Nicolet and the Université Laval

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. He articled in law with Ulric-Joseph Tessier

Ulric-Joseph Tessier

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, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and set up practice at Sorel. In 1870, he married Marie-Rosalie-Delphine, the daughter of Louis-Adélard Senécal

Louis-Adélard Senécal

Louis-Adélard Senécal was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative member in the 1st Canadian Parliament representing Drummond—Arthabaska, represented Yamaska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1871 and was a member of the Senate of Canada for Mille Isles...

. In 1871, he was elected to the provincial assembly. He resigned in 1874 to run for a seat in the House of Commons. He resigned in 1879 when he was named as a judge to the Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Superior Court

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 in Richelieu district; in 1886, he was named to Montreal district. He was also a director of the Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway

Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway

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.

He died in Montreal

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in 1901.