Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont
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The Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont (Belmont Cemetery) is located at 2176 avenue Chapdelaine in Quebec City
in the province of Quebec
, Canada
. The cemetery was built between 1857 and 1859.
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...
in the province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The cemetery was built between 1857 and 1859.
Notable interments
- Georges-Élie Amyot (1856–1930): politician, businessman
- Valmore BienvenueValmore BienvenueValmore Bienvenue was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Bellechasse in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1939 to 1948 as a Liberal. Bienvenue was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in 1942....
(1894–1952): American-born jurist, politician - Arthur Buies (1840–1901): journalist, scholar
- René-Édouard CaronRené-Édouard CaronRené-Édouard Caron was a Canadian politician, judge, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.Born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada, the son of Augustin Caron, a farmer, and Elizabeth Lessard, he studied at a Quebec seminary, the Petit Séminaire of Quebec, and studied law in André-Rémi...
(1800–1876) - Eugène ChinicEugène ChinicGuillaume-Eugène Chinic was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Quebec City, he was one of the founders of the District Bank of Quebec ....
(1818–1889): entrepreneur, bank founder, statesman - Julien ChouinardJulien ChouinardJulien Chouinard, was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....
(1929–1987): lawyer, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada - Antoine Dessane (1826–1873): French-born composer
- Edmund James FlynnEdmund James FlynnEdmund James Flynn was a Canadian politician and the tenth Premier of Quebec.-Background:Flynn, the son of Jacques Flynn and Elizabeth Tostevin, was born at Percé on November 16, 1847. He studied law at the Université Laval in Quebec City from 1871 to 1873, obtaining his degree with distinction. On...
(1847–1927): Premier of Québec - Ernest GagnonErnest GagnonErnest Gagnon was a Canadian folklorist, composer, and organist. He is best known for compiling a large amount of French Canadian folk music which he published as Chansons populaires du Canada in 1865-1867...
(1834–1915): organist, historian, composer - François-Xavier GarneauFrançois-Xavier GarneauFrançois-Xavier Garneau was a nineteenth century French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three-volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled Histoire du Canada between 1845 and 1848.Born in Quebec City, Garneau argued that Conquest was a tragedy, the consequence...
(1809–1866): historian - Jean LesageJean LesageJean Lesage, PC, CC, CD was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 19th Premier of Quebec from 22 June 1960, to 16 August 1966...
(1912–1980): lawyer, Premier of Québec - Félix-Gabriel MarchandFélix-Gabriel MarchandFélix-Gabriel Marchand was a journalist, author, notary and politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the 11th Premier of Quebec from May 24, 1897 to September 25, 1900....
(1832–1900): Premier of Québec - Georges ParentGeorges ParentGeorges Parent was a Canadian lawyer, politician and Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 1940 until 1942....
(1879–1942): lawyer, statesman - Yves PratteYves PratteYves Pratte was a Canadian lawyer and jurist who served briefly as a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....
(1925–1988): lawyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada - Louis-Alexandre TaschereauLouis-Alexandre TaschereauLouis-Alexandre Taschereau was a the 14th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. He was elected four times, the first in 1900, in the riding of Montmorency. He was also a member of the Parti libéral du Québec...
(1867–1952): lawyer, Premier of Québec - Ulric-Joseph TessierUlric-Joseph TessierUlric-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....
(1817–1892): statesman - Robert TaschereauRobert TaschereauRobert Taschereau, CC, PC was a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and who briefly served as acting Governor General of Canada following the death of Georges Vanier in 1967.-Biography:...
(1896–1970): lawyer, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada - Joseph VézinaJoseph VézinaFrançois-Joseph Vézina was a Quebec conductor, composer, organist and music professor. Vézina is buried in the Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont in Sainte-Foy.-Early life:...
(1849–1924): orchestra conductor, composer - Jean Victor Allard (1913-1996): first French-speaking Chief of Defense Staff