Charles Laplante dit Champagne (October 16, 1838 – December 22, 1907) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in
Quebec
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. He represented
Deux-Montagnes in the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
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from 1876 to 1882 as a
Conservative
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. His name also appears as Charles Champagne.
He was born in
Saint-Eustache,
Lower Canada
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, the son of Charles Laplante dit Champagne and Christine Andrave. He was educated at the Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville and worked on the family farm, going on to study law with
Gédéon Ouimet
Gédéon Ouimet (June 2, 1823 – April 23, 1905) was a French-Canadian politician.
Born in what is today part of the city of Laval, Quebec Canada, Ouimet served as the second premier of Quebec from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He ...
and
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (November 9, 1840 – June 13, 1898), born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 7th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1892 to 1898.
Life
As a lawyer, he defen ...
. In 1860, he married Aglaé Éthier. He was admitted to the Lower Canada bar in 1865. Champagne was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1876 by-election held after Gédéon Ouimet resigned his seat. He resigned his seat in 1882 and ran unsuccessfully for reelection later that year. Champagne was named to the
Legislative Council of Quebec
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for Mille-Isles division in 1883 and served until 1888, when he was named a magistrate for Montreal district. In 1887, he was named
Queen's Counsel
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. He was named a judge for the circuit court in Montreal district in 1893. Champagne died in
Montreal
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at the age of 69 and was buried in Saint-Eustache.
His son
Louis-Napoléon
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served in the Canadian House of Commons. His cousin
Hector Champagne also served in the Quebec assembly and as a legislative councillor.
His daughter Eugénie married
Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier
Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier (October 5, 1887 – August 26, 1956) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented City of Ottawa in the House of Commons of Canada from 1921 to 1935 and Ottawa East from 1935 to 1936 a ...
.
[Normandin, AL Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1934]
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1838 births
1907 deaths
Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs
Judges in Quebec
Conservative Party of Quebec MLCs
People from Saint-Eustache, Quebec
Canadian King's Counsel