Pierre Bureau was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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He was born in L’Ancienne-Lorette

L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec

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, Quebec

Province of Quebec (1763-1791)

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 in 1771. Bureau operated an inn for travellers at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Quebec

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade is a municipality in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. The town is located near the mouth of the Sainte-Anne River along the Chemin du Roy, a historic segment of Quebec Route 138 that stretches from...

 and a ferry service across the Sainte-Anne River

Sainte-Anne River

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. Around 1811, he moved to Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivières, Quebec

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, where he became a merchant. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Canada for Saint-Maurice

Saint-Maurice (Lower Canada)

Under the Constitutional Act of 1791, the district of Saint-Maurice was established. Its boundaries, which roughly covered the current Mauricie area except for the city of Trois-Rivières, were reduced when the district of Champlain was created in 1829...

 in an 1819 by-election and represented that region until his death at Trois-Rivières in 1836. He supported an elected Legisliative Council

Legislative Council of Lower Canada

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 and tended to support the Parti canadien

Parti canadien

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. Bureau voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions

Ninety-Two Resolutions

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His grandsons, Antoine-Aimé Dorion

Antoine-Aimé Dorion

Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion, PC was a French Canadian politician and jurist.-Early years:He was born in Lower Canada in 1818, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion, a merchant and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada who supported Louis-Joseph Papineau...

 and Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion

Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion

Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion was a journalist and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Lower Canada in 1826, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion. In 1842, he found work as a clerk in a store at Trois-Rivières. He was editor and publisher of a small newspaper there,...

, both became members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. Antoine-Aimé was also a lawyer, judge and Canadian cabinet minister; Jean-Baptiste-Éric was a journalist.