Antoine Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood (April 23, 1825 – August 6, 1891) was a
Quebec
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lawyer and political figure. He represented
Vaudreuil in the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1871.
He was born in
Montreal
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in 1825, the son of
Robert Unwin Harwood and Marie-Louise-Josephte, the daughter of
Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbiniere, and studied at the
Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848. He was co
seigneur
''Seigneur'' is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. A seigneur refers to the person or collective who owned a ''seigneurie'' (or ...
of Vaudreuil, inherited by his mother, Marie-Louise-Josephte Chartier de Lotbinière. He served as secretary for the Vaudreuil Railway Company which his father had helped establish. Harwood also served as captain in the local militia, later becoming lieutenant-colonel.
In 1863, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for
Vaudreuil. After
Confederation
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, he represented the same riding in the Quebec legislative assembly.
He died at Montreal in 1891. He was married to Angelique Lefebvre de Bellefeuille, daughter of Eustache Antoine de Bellefeuille,
Seigneur
''Seigneur'' is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. A seigneur refers to the person or collective who owned a ''seigneurie'' (or ...
of
Bellefeuille, Quebec and Adjutant-General of the Quebec Militia, by his wife, Maragaret McGillis, daughter of Duncan McGillis (1754–1838) Senior Partner of the
North West Company. They died without children.
His brothers,
Henry Stanislas and
Robert William, were members of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a first cousin of Sir
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, (December 5, 1829 – November 16, 1908) lawyer, businessman and politician served as the fourth premier of Quebec, a federal Cabinet minister, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
...
,
Prime Minister of Quebec and
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
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.
References
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External links
Lt.Colonel Antoine Chartier de Lotbiniere Harwood, 1870McCord Museum
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1825 births
1891 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East
Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs
Politicians from Montreal