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Abraham Turgeon
Abraham Turgeon (February 14, 1783 – August 2, 1851) was a notary and political figure in Canada East. He represented Bellechasse in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1842 to 1844. He was born in Saint-Michel, Bellechasse County, the son of François Turgeon and Geneviève Bauché. Turgeon apprenticed as a notary with Louis Turgeon, qualified to practise in 1804 and set up office in Saint-Gervais. He served in the militia during the War of 1812, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1814, he was named a justice of the peace; Turgeon also was a commissioner of roads and census commissioner for Hertford County. In 1819, he married Monique Goulet. Turgeon was elected to the assembly in an 1842 by-election held after Augustin-Guillaume Ruel accepted an appointment as district registrar; he did not run for reelection in 1844. Turgeon died in Saint-Michel at the age of 68. His sister Geneviève married his cousin Louis Turgeon Louis Turgeon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. As opposed to most notaries public, their common-law counterparts, civil-law notaries are highly trained, licensed practitioners providing a full range of regulated legal services, and whereas they hold a public office, they nonetheless operate usually—but not always—in private practice and are paid on a fee-for-service basis. They often receive generally the same education as attorneys at civil law with further specialized education but without qualifications in advocacy, procedural law, or the law of evidence, somewhat comparable to solicitor training in certain common-law countries. Civil-law notaries are limited to areas of private law, that is, domestic law which regulates the relationsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada East
Canada East (french: links=no, Canada-Est) was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of Canada, was created by the Act of Union 1840 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, having effect in 1841. For administrative purposes, the new Province was subdivided into Canada West and Canada East. The former name of "Lower Canada" came back into official use in 1849, and as of the Canadian Confederation of 1867 it formed the newly created province of Quebec. An estimated 890,000 people lived in Canada East in 1851. Geography It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian province of Quebec. Formerly a British colony called the Province of Lower Canada, based on Lord Durham's report it was merged with the Province of Upper Canada (present-day southern portion of the Provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellechasse (Province Of Canada)
Bellechasse was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, in Canada East. It was created by the '' Union Act, 1840'' in 1841, based on the previous electoral district of the same name for the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. It was located in the current Chaudière-Appalaches area. Bellechasse was represented by one Member at the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. It was abolished in 1867, upon the creation of Canada and the province of Quebec. Boundaries The '' Union Act, 1840'' merged the two provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada, with a single Parliament. The separate parliaments of Lower Canada and Upper Canada were abolished. The ''Union Act'' provided that the pre-existing electoral boundaries of Lower Canada and Upper Canada would continue to be used in the new Parliament, unless altered by the ''Union Act'' itself. The Bellechasse electoral district of Lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of The Province Of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the province of Ontario. It was created by The Union Act of 1840. Canada East and Canada West each elected 42 members to the assembly. The upper house of the legislature was called the Legislative Council. The first session of parliament began in Kingston in Canada West in 1841. The second parliament and the first sessions of the third parliament were held in Montreal. On April 25, 1849, rioters protesting the Rebellion Losses Bill burned the parliament buildings. The remaining sessions of the third parliament were held in Toronto. Subsequent parliaments were held in Quebec City and Toronto, except for the last session June-August 1866 of the eighth and final parliament, which was held in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Quebec
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse is a municipality of about 1,800 people about 20 km east of Lévis, in Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is a mostly rural community, and it was chosen as one of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec The Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec (french: Association des plus beaux villages du Québec) is an association created in 1997 by Jean-Marie Girardville and inspired from similar associations in France, Belgium, and Italy. Its ... in Quebec. Route 281 passes through it. See also * Saint-Michel References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellechasse County, Quebec
Bellechasse may refer to: In Quebec, Canada: * Bellechasse (Lower Canada), an electoral district 1829–1838 * Bellechasse (Province of Canada), an electoral district 1841–1867 * Bellechasse (electoral district), 1867–1996 * Bellechasse (provincial electoral district), 1867–present * Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, Quebec See also * Bellechasse County Bellechasse County was a county of Quebec, Canada during the 19th and 20th centuries. Part or all of it was within the Bellechasse federal electoral district from 1882 to 1987. Among places the county included were the Township of Armagh, the s ... (defunct by 2008) * Belle Chasse, Louisiana {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Turgeon
Louis Turgeon (April 10, 1762 – September 26, 1827) was a notary, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Beaumont, New France in 1762, studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, articled as a notary and was licensed to practice in 1792. He set up his office at Saint-Charles near Quebec City. He was named a justice of the peace in Quebec district in 1794. In 1804, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Hertford, usually supporting the parti canadien; he was reelected in 1808 and then in 1816. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1821. In 1818, he resigned his seat when he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada. He had inherited part of the seigneury of Beaumont in 1768 when his mother died; by 1819, he had become principal seigneur for Beaumont. He died in Saint-Charles in 1827. His daughter Marie-Ermine married Louis-Michel Viger. His cousin Joseph- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Gervais, Quebec
Saint-Gervais is a village of 1,900 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... It is named in honor of Gervasius, martyr with Protasius in the year 57. References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It began when the United States declared war on 18 June 1812 and, although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by Congress on 17 February 1815. Tensions originated in long-standing differences over territorial expansion in North America and British support for Native American tribes who opposed US colonial settlement in the Northwest Territory. These escalated in 1807 after the Royal Navy began enforcing tighter restrictions on American trade with France and press-ganged men they claimed as British subjects, even those with American citizenship certificates. Opinion in the US was split on how to respond, and although majorities in both the House and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Of The Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning. Depending on the jurisdiction, such justices dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. Justices of the peace are appointed or elected from the citizens of the jurisdiction in which they serve, and are (or were) usually not required to have any formal legal education in order to qualify for the office. Some jurisdictions have varying forms of training for JPs. History In 1195, Richard I ("the Lionheart") of England and his Minister Hubert Walter commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace in unruly areas. They were responsible to the King in ensuring that the law was upheld and preserving the " King's peace". Therefore, they were known as "keepers of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertford County, Quebec
Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census. The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, near its confluences with the rivers Mimram, Beane, and Rib. The Lea is navigable from the Thames up to Hertford. Fortified settlements were established on each side of the ford at Hertford in 913AD. The county of Hertfordshire was established at a similar time, being named after and administered from Hertford. Hertford Castle was built shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066 and remained a royal residence until the early seventeenth century. Hertfordshire County Council and East Hertfordshire District Council both have their main offices in the town and are major local employers, as is McMullen's Brewery, which has been based in the town since 1827. The town is also popular with commuters, being only north of central London and connecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin-Guillaume Ruel
Augustin-Guillaume Ruel (April 17, 1805 – September 29, 1871) was a notary and political figure in Canada East, in the Province of Canada (now Quebec). He represented Bellechasse in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1842. He opposed the union of Lower Canada and Upper Canada into the Province of Canada. He was born in Quebec City, the son of Louis Ruel and Josephte Magnan. He was licensed as a notary in 1829 and set up practice in Berthier. Following the rebellion in Lower Canada, and the similar rebellion in 1837 in Upper Canada (now Ontario), the British government decided to merge the two provinces into a single province, as recommended by Lord Durham in the Durham Report. The ''Union Act, 1840'', passed by the British Parliament, abolished the two provinces and their separate parliaments, and created the Province of Canada, with a single parliament for the entire province, composed of an elected Legislative Assembly an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
