Louis Auguste Olivier 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....

 lawyer, judge and political figure. He was a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

 member of the Senate of Canada for De Lanaudière division from 1867 to 1873.

He was born in Berthier-en-Haut

Berthierville, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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 in 1816, the grandson of Louis Olivier

Louis Olivier

Louis Olivier was a political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Louis-Marie-Olivier Olivier at Berthier in 1758, the son of a French soldier from Paris. He became a merchant at Berthier and also served as postmaster. Olivier was a member of the local militia, later becoming major, and served...

, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He was admitted to the bar in 1839 and set up practice at Berthier-en-Haut. He helped establish the newspaper Écho des campagnes there in 1846. In 1864, he was named Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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

Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada was the upper house 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 province of Ontario...

 for Lanaudière division in an 1863 by-election and served until Confederation

Canadian Confederation

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, when he was named to the Senate. In 1873, he resigned to accept an appointment as puisne judge in the Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Superior Court

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 for Joliette district.

He died at Joliette, Quebec

Joliette, Quebec

Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette...

 in 1881.

His daughter Louise married Henri-Gédéon Malhiot

Henri-Gédéon Malhiot

Henri-Gédéon Malhiot was a politician from Quebec, Canada.-Background:He was born on March 22, 1840 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Centre-du-Quebec. He was a lawyer...

, who was a member of the Quebec assembly, mayor of Trois-Rivières and judge in the Quebec Superior Court.