Nicolas Boissonnault was a merchant and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Hertford from 1824 to 1830 and Bellechasse from 1830 to 1838 in 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...

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He was the son of Nicolas Boissonnault and Marie McClin. Boissonnault lived at Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse

Saint-Michel, Quebec

Saint-Michel is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,637...

 and later at Quebec City

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 1817, he married Madeleine Mathurin. Boissonault owned sawmill

Sawmill

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s at Saint-Vallier

Saint-Vallier, Quebec

Saint-Vallier is a small village of about 1,100 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region, located in the province of Quebec in Canada....

 and Saint-Thomas

Saint-Thomas, Quebec

Saint-Thomas is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality.-History:Starting in 1790, the first few settler families arrived from the La Noraye Seignory and settled in the North and South concessions of the area, then called North Jersey...

, selling them to William Price

William Price (merchant)

William Price was a Quebec lumber merchant and manufacturer.- References :...

 in 1831 but remaining on as manager. He supported the Parti patriote in the legislative assembly and voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions

Ninety-Two Resolutions

The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony....

. He died at New Richmond

New Richmond, Quebec

New Richmond is an incorporated municipality in Quebec, Canada situated on the southern coast of the Gaspé Peninsula between the municipalities of Maria and Caplan. The first European settlers arrived from Scotland in 1755. The first arrivals were the Duthie brothers, George and John Duthie and...

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