Alexis Mousseau (December 5, 1767 – January 28, 1848) was a farmer and political figure in
Lower Canada. He represented Warwick from 1820 to 1824 and from 1827 to 1830 and Berthier from 1830 to 1838 in the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.
He was born in
Berthier, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Mousseau and Marie-Catherine Laferrière. In 1793, he married Marie-Anne Piette. Mousseau served as a captain in the militia. He generally supported the
Parti patriote and voted in support of the
Ninety-Two Resolutions.
Mousseau died in Berthier at the age of 80.
His daughter Geneviève married
Pierre-Eustache Dostaler
Pierre-Eustache Dostaler (May 15, 1809 – January 14, 1884) was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1854 to 1858 and from 1861 to 1863.
He was born Pie ...
. His grandson
Omer Dostaler served in the provincial assembly and his grandsons
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (July 17, 1837 – March 30, 1886), was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who served in the federal Cabinet and also as the sixth premier of Quebec.
Biography
He was born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Lower Canada, ...
and
Joseph Octave Mousseau were members of the Canadian House of Commons.
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1767 births
1848 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada