Pierre Amiot was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Surrey from 1813 to 1830 and then Verchères from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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He was born in Verchères, Quebec

Verchères, Quebec

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, the son of Joseph Amiot and Archange Brousseau. He was married twice: to Charlotte Brin in 1804 and to Marie-Archange Chagnon dit Larose in 1807. Amiot was a captain in the militia; he was removed from that post in 1827 because of his opposition to Governor George Ramsay

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, then reinstated in 1830 and removed again in 1837. In the legislative assembly, he supported the Parti canadien

Parti canadien

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 and then the Parti patriote and voted in favour of the Ninety-Two Resolutions

Ninety-Two Resolutions

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. Amiot took part in the Battle of Saint-Charles

Battle of Saint-Charles

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in 1837 and was arrested in December of that year; he was released in July 1838 as part of a general amnesty. He died at Verchères at the age of 57.