Joseph Le Vasseur Borgia
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Joseph Le Vasseur Borgia (January 6, 1773 – June 28, 1839) was a lawyer, newspaper owner and political figure in Lower Canada
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He was born at Quebec
in 1773, the son of a blacksmith, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec
. He articled as a lawyer, qualified to practice in 1800 and set up practice at Quebec. Le Vasseur Borgia helped found Le Canadien
in 1806. In 1808, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
for Cornwallis, representing it until 1820 when he was defeated, and then again from 1824 to 1830. For his association with Le Canadien, he was removed from his post in the militia in 1808 but he was named a militia captain in 1812 by Governor George Prevost
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He died at Quebec City in 1839 and was buried in the Cimetière des Picotés there. Le Vasseur Borgia had one son, Narcisse-Charles, who predeceased his father in 1834.
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...
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He was born at Quebec
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 1773, the son of a blacksmith, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec
Petit Séminaire de Québec
Le Petit Séminaire de Québec is a private French-language Roman Catholic secondary school in the Vieux-Québec area of Quebec City which was originally part of the Séminaire de Québec...
. He articled as a lawyer, qualified to practice in 1800 and set up practice at Quebec. Le Vasseur Borgia helped found Le Canadien
Le Canadien
Le Canadien was a French language newspaper published in Lower Canada from November 22, 1806 to March 14, 1810. Its motto was: "Nos institutions, notre langue et nos droits"...
in 1806. In 1808, he was elected to 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...
for Cornwallis, representing it until 1820 when he was defeated, and then again from 1824 to 1830. For his association with Le Canadien, he was removed from his post in the militia in 1808 but he was named a militia captain in 1812 by Governor George Prevost
George Prevost
Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the eldest son of Swiss French Augustine Prévost, he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prévost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary...
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He died at Quebec City in 1839 and was buried in the Cimetière des Picotés there. Le Vasseur Borgia had one son, Narcisse-Charles, who predeceased his father in 1834.