Charles Benoit Livernois (March 12, 1755 – January 5, 1840) was a political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Richelieu in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1800 to 1804. His surname also appears as Benoit, Benoit-Livernois and Benoit dit Livernois.

He was born in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

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, the son of Jean-Baptiste Benoit dit Livernois and Marie-Anne Gipoulon. In 1787, he married Marie-Joseph Mingot dit Dumaine. Benoit Livernois did not run for reelection in 1804. He died in Saint-Hyacinthe

Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

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 at the age of 84.

One of his sons married a daughter of 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...

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