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Louis Olivier
Louis Olivier (1758 – February 4, 1816) was a political figure in Lower Canada. He was born Louis-Marie-Olivier Olivier at Berthierville, Quebec, Berthier in 1758, the son of a France, French soldier from Paris. He became a merchant at Berthier and also served as postmaster. Olivier was a member of the local militia, later becoming major, and served during the War of 1812. In 1800, he was named a justice of the peace for Trois-Rivières district and a commissioner for the trial of small claims in 1808. In 1792, he was elected to the 1st Parliament of Lower Canada for Warwick; he was elected again in 1810. Olivier died, probably at Berthier, in 1816. His grandson, Louis Auguste Olivier, later served in the Canadian senate. His great-granddaughter Julie-Élizabeth-Geneviève "Jane" Morrison was the second wife of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine. External links *''Les députés au premier Parlement du Bas-Canada (1792-1796)'', F-J Audet (1946) {{DEFAULTSORT:Olivier, Louis 175 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec and the Labrador region of the current Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (until the Labrador region was transferred to Newfoundland in 1809). Lower Canada consisted of part of the former colony of Canada of New France, conquered by Great Britain in the Seven Years' War ending in 1763 (also called the French and Indian War in the United States). Other parts of New France conquered by Britain became the Colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The Province of Lower Canada was created by the ''Constitutional Act 1791'' from the partition of the British colony of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791) into the Province of Lower Canada and the Province of Upper Canada. The prefix "lower" in its name refers to its geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
