Louis Beaubien was a Canadian

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 politician.

Born in Montreal

Montreal

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, Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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, the son of Pierre Beaubien

Pierre Beaubien

Pierre Beaubien was a physician and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Baie-du-Febvre in 1796 and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet and the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He went to France, where he studied at the Académie de Paris and later became a doctor in 1822...

, a physician and politician, and Marie-Justine Casgrain, he was one of the founders of Outremont.

In 1867

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, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 in the riding of Hochelaga

Hochelaga (provincial electoral district)

Hochelaga was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Formed in 1867 and located in the Montreal region, it existed until 1912, when it was part of Montreal-Hochelaga until 1923...

. He was also elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 as the Conservative

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 candidate for the Quebec riding of Hochelaga

Hochelaga (electoral district)

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 in the 1872 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1872

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. He resigned once it was no longer allow to hold both federal and provincial offices. He was re-elected in 1875

Quebec general election, 1875

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, 1878

Quebec general election, 1878

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, and acclaimed in 1881

Quebec general election, 1881

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. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

President of the National Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1876 to 1878. He did not run in the 1886 election

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. In 1891, he was named commissioner of agriculture and colonization in the cabinet of Charles Boucher de Boucherville

Charles Boucher de Boucherville

Sir Charles-Eugène-Napoléon Boucher de Boucherville, KCMG was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He twice served as the third Premier of Quebec....

. He was acclaimed in the 1892 election

Quebec general election, 1892

In the Quebec general election of 1892 on March 8, 1892 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Conservative Party, led by Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville, defeated the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Honoré Mercier.Mercier had been...

. He would remain in this post in the cabinets of Louis-Olivier Taillon

Louis-Olivier Taillon

Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon, PC was born in Terrebonne, Quebec. He twice served as the eighth Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec....

 and Edmund James Flynn

Edmund James Flynn

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. He was defeated in the 1897 election

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In 1882, he was the 30th President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society

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 of Montreal.

In 1864, he married Suzanne Lauretta Stuart. They had four sons and four daughters, including Charles-Philippe Beaubien

Charles-Philippe Beaubien

Charles-Philippe Beaubien was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He sat for Montarville division in the Senate of Canada from 1915 to 1949....

, the Canadian senator. He is the grandfather of Louis-Philippe Beaubien

Louis-Philippe Beaubien

Louis-Philippe Beaubien was a Canadian politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, his father Charles-Philippe Beaubien was a Senator from 1919 to 1945 and his grandfather, Louis Beaubien, was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Canadian House of Commons.He was a stockbroker and Progressive...

, also a Canadian senator. He was a cousin of Charles Eusèbe Casgrain

Charles Eusèbe Casgrain

Charles Eusèbe Casgrain was an Ontario physician and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Windsor division from 1887 to 1907....

 and, his son, Philippe Baby Casgrain

Philippe Baby Casgrain

Philippe Baby Casgrain was a Quebec lawyer, author and political figure. He represented L'Islet in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1873 to 1891....

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He died in 1915 and is buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

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