Victor Gladu was a notary

Civil law notary

Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...

 and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Yamaska

Yamaska (provincial electoral district)

Yamaska was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montérégie region, the district was formed in 1867 and later merged with Nicolet in 1973 to form Nicolet-Yamaska.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1886 to 1897 as a Liberal.

He was born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,594.-Population:Population trend...

, Canada East

Canada East

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, the son of notary Victor Gladu and Adée Perrin, and was educated at the Jesuit

Society of Jesus

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 College in Montreal

Montreal

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. Pilon articled as a notary with Félix Geoffrion

Félix Geoffrion

Félix Geoffrion, PC was a Canadian notary and politician.Born in Varennes, Lower Canada, the son of Félix Geoffrion and Catherine Brodeur, he was trained and practiced as a notary. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1863...

, qualified to practise in 1886 and set up practice in Saint-François-du-Lac

Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec

Saint-François-du-Lac is a community in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,002...

.In 1868, he married Marie Gill. He was a real estate agent for John Joseph Caldwell Abbott. Gladu was secretary-treasurer for the Agricultural Society for Yamaska County. He also served as mayor of Saint-François-du-Lac and warden for the county. Gladu ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1881 and for a seat in the House of Commons in 1882. He was defeated in the general election in 1897, losing to Albéric-Archie Mondou

Albéric-Archie Mondou

Albéric-Archie Mondou was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented Yamaska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1897 and Yamaska in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative.He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, the son of Eusèbe Mondou and...

, then won the by-election held later that year. Pilon died in office at Saint-François-du-Lac at the age of 53.

His son Joseph-Ernest-Oscar

Joseph Ernest Oscar Gladu

Joseph Ernest Oscar Gladu was a Canadian politician.Born in Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska County, Quebec, the son of Victor Gladu and Mary Gill, Gladu was educated at St. Mary's Jesuit College in Montreal. A notary, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district...

served in the Canadian House of Commons.