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12th Parliament Of Lower Canada
The 12th Parliament of Lower Canada was in session from January 8, 1825, to July 5, 1827. Elections to the Legislative Assembly in Lower Canada had been held in July 1824. All sessions were held at Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop .... References External links Assemblée nationale du Québec (French) {{DEFAULTSORT:12th Parliament Of Lower Canada Parliaments of Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Lower Canada
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of elected legislative councilors who created bills to be passed up to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, whose members were appointed by the governor general. Following the Lower Canada Rebellion, the lower house was dissolved on March 27, 1838, and Lower Canada was administered by an appointed Special Council. With the Act of Union in 1840, a new lower chamber, the Legislative Assembly of Canada, was created for both Upper and Lower Canada which existed until 1867, when the Legislative Assembly of Quebec was created. Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada * Jean-Antoine Panet 1792–1794 * Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière 1794–1796 * Jean-Antoine Panet 1797-1814 * Louis-Joseph Papineau 1815–182 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Blanchet (physician)
François Blanchet (April 3, 1776 – June 24, 1830) was a physician, businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in 1776 and studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec. He went on to study medicine with James Fisher and then at Columbia College where he received a Bachelor of Medicine. In 1801, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society. Later that year, he returned to Lower Canada and passed an exam to allow him to practice as a physician and surgeon. He married Catherine-Henriette, the daughter of seigneur Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay, in 1802 and set up practice in Quebec City. He was named as a surgeon for the militia in 1805. In 1806, he was one of the founders of ''Le Canadien''; because this newspaper was often critical of the authorities, Blanchet was removed from his post in the militia in 1808. In 1809, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Hertford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre De Rastel De Rocheblave
Pierre de Rastel de Rocheblave (March 9, 1773 – October 5, 1840) was a fur trader, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1773, the son of Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave, and moved to Montreal with his family after the American Revolution. Like his father, he entered the fur trade and he worked for his father at Detroit. He helped found the XY Company in 1798 and looked after the Athabasca department as a wintering partner. He was put in charge of the Red River department after the company merged with the North West Company in 1804; he was later put in charge of the Athabasca and then Pic departments. In 1811, he was named manager for the new South West Fur Company. During the War of 1812, he was named captain of the Corps of Canadian Voyageurs and served as major in the militia after the war. He was involved in coordinating the transfer of assets when the North West Company merged with the Hudson's Bay Company in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Joseph Papineau
Louis-Joseph Papineau (October 7, 1786 – September 23, 1871), born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the ''seigneurie de la Petite-Nation''. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a politician in Quebec. Papineau was the eldest of eight children and was the grandfather of the journalist Henri Bourassa, founder of the newspaper ''Le Devoir''. Louis-Joseph Papineau is commemorated by a public artwork installed in the metro station, Papineau that serves the street named for his father Joseph Papineau. L'École Secondaire Louis-Joseph Papineau in Montreal was named after him. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Papineau was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada on January 21, 1815. The same year, he replaced Pierre-Stanislas Bédard as leader of the ''Parti Canadien''. Under his leadership, the party worked for the reform of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Leslie (Canadian Politician)
James Leslie (4 September 1786 – 6 December 1873) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He was named to the Senate of Canada for Alma division in 1867 and died in office. He was born in Kair, Kincardineshire, Scotland, the son of James Leslie, his father was an assistant quartermaster in the British Army who served with General Wolfe at Quebec City in 1759. He studied at Marischal College and the University of Aberdeen and came to Lower Canada in 1804. Leslie owned a food wholesale company in Montreal. He was a member of the local militia and served during the War of 1812; he later became lieutenant-colonel. He helped form the Bank of Montreal and served as a director from 1817 to 1829. He owned the seigneuries of Bourchemin, Ramesay and Lake Matapédia. He represented Montreal East in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1824 to 1838. He supported representation by population and so opposed the Union of Upper and Lower Canada. He was elected to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugues Heney
Hugues Heney (September 9, 1789 – January 13, 1844) was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Montreal in 1789, the grandson of Pierre Foretier, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. Heney articled with Joseph Bédard in Montreal, was called to the bar in 1811 and set up practice in Montreal. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812 as lieutenant and then adjutant. In 1815, he was named justice of the peace. In 1817, Heney married his cousin Marie-Léocadie, daughter of Louis-Charles Foucher Lt-Colonel The Hon. Louis-Charles Foucher (September 13, 1760 – December 26, 1829) was Solicitor General for Lower Canada and elected to the 2nd Parliament of Lower Canada for Montreal West, and afterwards for York and Trois-Rivières. H ... and Marie-Élizabeth Foretier. In April 1820, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Montreal East. He was part of the opposition to a plan to unite Upper Canada, Upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Perrault (Lower Canada Politician)
Joseph Perrault (October 18, 1789 – August 28, 1831) was a politician in Lower Canada. He represented Montréal County in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1831. He was born in Montreal, the son of Joseph Perrault and Marie-Anne Tavernier. Perrault was a lieutenant in the militia during the War of 1812, later reaching the rank of captain. He died in office in Montreal at the age of 41. His nephew Charles-Ovide Perrault also served in the assembly. His sister Claire married Austin Cuvillier Austin Cuvillier (August 20, 1779 – July 11, 1849) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East. He was a successful ''Canadien'' businessmen, unusual when most businessmen in Lower Canada were British. He also w .... Perrault himself was never married. References * 1789 births 1831 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Politicians from Montreal Canadian people of the War of 1812 {{Quebec-pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Valois
Joseph Valois (1767 – January 3, 1835) was a businessman, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Montréal in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1834. He was born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, the son of Jean Valois and Marie-Josèphe Dubois. In 1790, he married Catherine Leduc Saint-Omer. Valois generally supported the Parti patriote and voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions. He died in Montreal at the age of 67. His nephew Michel-François Valois Michel-François Valois (August 20, 1801 – May 24, 1869) was a physician and political figure in Canada East. He was born in Pointe-Claire in 1801 and studied at the Collège de Montréal. He was licensed to practice medicine in 1826 and se ... later served in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada. References * 1767 births 1835 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada {{Quebec-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marie Rochon
Jean-Marie Rochon (March 1774 – February 13, 1837) was a master carpenter and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster from 1822 to 1827 and Lachenaie from 1830 to 1837 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. He was born in Mascouche, Quebec, the son of Michel Rochon and Marie-Euphrasie Boismier, and later moved to Lachenaie. In 1799, he married Céleste Cotinot, dit Laurier, a first cousin once removed. Rochon was first elected in an 1822 by-election held following the death of Jacques Trullier, dit Lacombe Jacques Trullier, dit Lacombe (c. 1763 – December 5, 1821) was a businessman and politician in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster in 1814 and then from 1816 to 1821 as a member of the Parti canadien. He was born, probably in Boucherville, .... He was reelected in 1824 but defeated when he ran for reelection in 1827. Rochon voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions. He died in office at Lachenaie at the age of 62. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Courteau
Charles Courteau (April 1787 – January 18, 1846) was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster from 1824 to 1827 and Lachenaie from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada as a supporter of the Parti patriote. He was born in Deschaillons, Quebec, the son of Julien Courteau and Marie-Anne Colle, and moved to Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Quebec, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan with his family in 1799. Courteau was educated at the Collège de Montréal. He set up business in Saint-Roch and married Constance Bouchard in 1819. Courteau served in the local militia, reaching the rank of major. He was a commissioner for the trial of minor causes, a member of the school board, a member of the municipal council and a justice of the peace. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the legislative assembly in 1827. Courteau voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions. He died at Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan at the age of 58. References * { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
