Édouard Bouffard was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. He represented Montmorency

Montmorency (provincial electoral district)

Montmorency is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Capitale-Nationale region, the riding was created in 1829...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

The Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature until 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished...

 from 1896 to 1900 as a Conservative.

He was born in Saint-Laurent

Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec

Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality. It is situated on the south side of Orléans Island....

, Île d'Orléans

Île d'Orléans

Île d'Orléans is located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The island was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ancestry to early residents of the island...

, Canada East

Canada East

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, the son of David Bouffard and Françoise Chabot, and educated at the Séminaire de Québec. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1884 and set up practice in Quebec City

Quebec City

Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...

. He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1896 by-election held after Thomas Chase-Casgrain

Thomas Chase-Casgrain

Thomas Chase-Casgrain, PC , also known as Thomas Casgrain, was a French Canadian lawyer and politician. As a young attorney he became famous for his participation in the prosecution of Louis Riel....

was elected to the House of Commons. Bouffard was reelected in 1897 but defeated when he ran for reelection in 1900. In 1901, he married Mary Ann Bennet. He died in Quebec City at the age of 45.