Joseph-Ovide Turgeon was a 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....

 official and political figure.

He was born at Terrebonne

Terrebonne, Quebec

Terrebonne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shores of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and of the Rivière des Prairies, North of Montreal and Laval....

 in 1797, a cousin of Louis Turgeon

Louis Turgeon

Louis Turgeon was a notary, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Beaumont, Quebec in 1762, studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, articled as a notary and was licensed to practice in 1792. He set up his office at Saint-Charles near Quebec City. He was named a justice of...

, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He travelled in the United States

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 before settling again at Terrebonne. He was named commissioner in charge of extending the Effingham road to Killkenny in 1830. Turgeon was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 for Effingham in 1824 as a member of the parti canadien

Parti canadien

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 and was reelected in 1827. In 1830, he was elected again, this time in Terrebonne. Turgeon voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions

Ninety-Two Resolutions

The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony....

. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

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 in 1848 and died at Terrebonne while still in office in 1856.

His daughter later married Charles Laberge

Charles Laberge

Charles Laberge was a Quebec lawyer, journalist and political figure.He was born in Montreal, Lower Canada in 1827 and studied at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. During his time in school, he helped found the Institut canadien de Montréal. He articled in law with René-Auguste-Richard Hubert at...

, a member of the Legislative Assembly, and his son married the adopted daughter of Amable Berthelot

Amable Berthelot

Amable Berthelot was a Quebec lawyer, author and political figure.He was born in Quebec City in 1777, the son of Michel-Amable Berthelot Dartigny, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He articled in law with Jean-Antoine Panet, was admitted to the bar in 1799 and set up practice at...

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