Louis Méthot was a Quebec

Quebec

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 businessman and political figure.

He was born Louis Méthotte at Pointe-aux-Trembles

Neuville, Quebec

Neuville is a village on the north shore of the Saint Laurence River, just west of Quebec City, part of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1684, and has remained quite picturesque throughout these years....

, Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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 in 1793. Méthot was a merchant at Sainte-Croix

Sainte-Croix, Quebec

Sainte-Croix is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,433 as of 2009...

. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812

War of 1812

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, becoming lieutenant. He was named justice of the peace. Méthot also served as commissioner for the construction of a bridge over the Chaudière River

Chaudière River

The Chaudière River is a long river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Megantic in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, it runs northwards to flow into the St. Lawrence River opposite Quebec City...

 and a road in the region of Sainte-Croix. In 1830, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 for Lotbinière

Lotbinière (electoral district)

Lotbinière was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 2004.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867...

, supporting the parti patriote

Parti canadien

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, and was reelected in 1834. Méthot voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions

Ninety-Two Resolutions

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. In 1848, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

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; he was removed for non-attendance in 1857.

He died at Sainte-Croix in 1859.

His brothers François-Xavier

François-Xavier Méthot

François-Xavier Méthot was a Quebec businessman and political figure.He was born François-Xavier Méthotte in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Lower Canada in 1796 and settled in the Lower Town of Quebec City, entering the wholesale and retail hardware business. He also set up factories to manufacture putty,...

 and Antoine-Prosper

Antoine-Prosper Méthot

Antoine-Prosper Méthot was a Quebec notary and political figure.He was born Antoine-Prosper Méthotte at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Lower Canada in 1804. Méthot studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, apprenticed as a notary, received his commission in 1829 and set up practice at...

were members of the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada.