Noël Hébert was a farmer and political figure in Canada East

Canada East

Canada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....

. He represented Mégantic

Mégantic (electoral district)

Mégantic was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935, and from 1949 to 1968.-History:It was created by the British North America Act of 1867...

 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature 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...

 from 1858 to 1863.

He was born Pierre-Noël Hébert in Nicolet

Nicolet, Quebec

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, the son of Pierre Hébert, a farmer of Acadian

Acadian

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 descent, and Louise Manseau. Hébert operated a farm near Arthabaskaville and served as a captain in the militia for Mégantic County. In 1849, he married Thérèse Bourk. He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1863. Hébert died in Kaskaskia, Illinois

Kaskaskia, Illinois

Kaskaskia is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. In the 2010 census the population was 14, making it the second-smallest incorporated community in the State of Illinois in terms of population. A major French colonial town of the Illinois Country, its peak population was about...

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