John Moore (Quebec politician)
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John Moore was a contractor and political figure in Lower Canada
. He represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
from 1834 until the suspension of the constitution in 1838 and then in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
from 1841 to 1844.
He was probably born in England
and settled in the Eastern Townships
. He married Lois Caswell in 1824. In 1825, Moore was colonization agent for Newport township
. He was employed in construction of a railway in Sherbrooke district during the period from 1843 to 1853. Moore withdrew his name as a candidate for the assembly before the election held in 1844. He is known to have been living in Sherbrooke in 1858.
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
. He represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791...
from 1834 until the suspension of the constitution in 1838 and then in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...
from 1841 to 1844.
He was probably born in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and settled in the Eastern Townships
Eastern Townships
The Eastern Townships is a tourist region and a former administrative region in south-eastern Quebec, lying between the former seigneuries south of the Saint Lawrence River and the United States border. Its northern boundary roughly followed Logan's Line, the geologic boundary between the flat,...
. He married Lois Caswell in 1824. In 1825, Moore was colonization agent for Newport township
Newport, Quebec
Newport is a township of 700 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. Newport is also called "Island Brook"....
. He was employed in construction of a railway in Sherbrooke district during the period from 1843 to 1853. Moore withdrew his name as a candidate for the assembly before the election held in 1844. He is known to have been living in Sherbrooke in 1858.