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Charles-François Roy (September 14, 1835 – April 13, 1882) was a civil engineer, land surveyor and political figure in
Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
. He represented Kamouraska in the
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from 1869 to 1877 and Kamouraska in the
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from 1877 to 1878 as a Conservative member. He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec, the son of François Roy and Angèle Sasseville, and was educated at the college there. In 1860, he married Charlotte Sasseville. He served as colonization agent for the Gaspé district from 1862 to 1868. Roy resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1877 to run for a seat in the House of Commons after
Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier Sir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, (January 22, 1837 – April 29, 1911) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the List of lieutenant governors of Quebec#Lieutenant Governors of Quebec, ...
was named to the Senate. He was defeated by
Joseph Dumont Joseph Dumont (April 19, 1847 – January 15, 1912) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Kamouraska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1877 to 1878 and Kamouraska in the House of Commons of Canada from 187 ...
when he ran for reelection in 1878. Roy died at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière at the age of 47.


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* * 1835 births 1882 deaths Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs {{Conservative-Quebec-MNA-stub