Philippe Baby Casgrain
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Quebec
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lawyer, author and political figure. He represented L'Islet
L'Islet (electoral district)
L'Islet was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of L'Islet...
in the Canadian House of Commons
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as a Liberal
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member from 1873 to 1891.
He was born at Quebec City
Quebec City
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in 1826, the son of Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain
Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain
Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Rivière-Ouelle in Lower Canada in 1800, the son of merchant Pierre Casgrain, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal, Petit Séminaire de Québec and the Séminaire de Nicolet...
, and studied at the College of Ste. Anne de la Pocatière. He articled in law with Jean-Thomas Taschereau
Jean-Thomas Taschereau (jurist)
Jean-Thomas Taschereau was a Canadian lawyer and judge.Born in Quebec City, Lower Canada , the son of...
, was called to the bar in 1850 and practiced at Quebec with Pierre Joseph Olivier Chauveau. In 1854, he married Mathilde Perrault. He was named deputy protonotary for the Quebec Superior Court
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in Quebec district. Casgrain was named Queen's Counsel
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in 1879. After he retired from politics, he was clerk for the Quebec Circuit and Revision Court. He served several terms as president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
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.
Casgrain published a number of works on the history of Canada, including:
- Letellier de Saint-Just et son temps (1895)
- La vie de Joseph-François Perrault, surnommé le père de l'éducation du peuple canadien (1898)
- La fontaine d'Abraham Martin et le site de son habitation (1903)
- La maison d'Arnoux où Montcalm est mort (1903)
- La maison du Chien d'Or à Québec (1905)
- Les batailles des plaines d'Abraham et de Sainte-Foye (1908)
- La chapelle et le tombeau de Champlain (1909)
He died at Quebec in 1917.
His son Joseph Philippe Baby
Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain
Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain was a Quebec surveyor, civil engineer and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada for De Lanaudière division from 1900 to 1939....
became a member of the Canadian Senate.