Joseph Boucher was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Cornwallis in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1800 to 1804.

He was born in Rivière-Ouelle

Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec

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, the son of Joseph Boucher and Magdeleine-Salomée Fortin. In 1771, he married Rose Michaud. Boucher served as a captain in the militia. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1804. Boucher died in Rivière-Ouelle at the age of 65.

His grand-nephew Jean-Charles Chapais

Jean-Charles Chapais

Jean-Charles Chapais, PC was a Canadian Conservative politician, and considered a Father of Canadian Confederation for his participation in the Quebec Conference to determine the form of Canada's government....

served in the Quebec assembly and the Canadian senate.