Jean-Baptiste Brousseau (January 2, 1841 – June 21, 1925) was a lawyer, journalist and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Verchères

Verchères (provincial electoral district)

Vercheres is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montérégie region, it was created in 1829. From 1936 to 1944 Vercheres was part of the riding of Richelieu-Vercheres...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1878 to 1879 as a Liberal.

He was born in Saint-Mathieu de Beloeil

Saint-Mathieu, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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, the son of Jean-Baptiste Brousseau and Marie-Anne-Charlotte Hertel de Rouville who was the daughter of seigneur

Seigneurial system of New France

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 Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville

Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville

Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1789, the son of Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel de Rouville. He became a lieutenant in the militia around 1807 and served as a captain in the Canadian Voltigeurs during the War of 1812...

, and was educated at the Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Collège de l'Assomption. He articled in law with Louis Bélanger and Lewis Thomas Drummond

Lewis Thomas Drummond

Lewis Thomas Drummond was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure.He was born in Coleraine, County Londonderry in Ireland in 1813. His father, an attorney, died while he was young and he came to Lower Canada with his mother in 1825...

 and was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1863. In 1864, he married Marie Eulalie Malot. Brousseau served as Crown Prosecutor for Richelieu district from 1871 to 1874. He was editor for the Messager de Sorel and was, with Georges-Isidore Barthe

Georges-Isidore Barthe

Georges-Isidore Barthe was a Quebec lawyer, publisher, journalist, and political figure. He represented Richelieu in the Canadian House of Commons as an Independent Conservative from 1870 to 1872 and 1874 to 1878....

, co-editor for the La Gazette de Sorel. His election in 1878 was overturned in the following year and he did not run in the subsequent by-election. In 1899, he was named Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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. Brousseau died in Sorel at the age of 84.

His uncle Joseph Daigle

Joseph Daigle (Quebec politician)

Joseph Daigle was a merchant, civil servant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Verchères in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1871 to 1878 as a Liberal....

also represented Verchères in the Quebec assembly.