Charles Langevin (1789 – March 14, 1869) was a businessman and political figure in

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 an ...

. He was born in Beauport in 1789, the son of Jean Bergevin, dit Langevin and Françoise Villers. After the death of his father, his mother married François Huot in 1801. Langevin went into business, partnering with his brother Jean who was a merchant at

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and then later with

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from

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. Langevin was a lieutenant in the militia during the

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. In 1813, he married Julie, the daughter of Augustin-Jérôme Raby. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Hampshire in April 1820 and then again in July 1820 when the assembly was dissolved to mark the passing of

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. In 1837, after the death of his first wife, he married Clotilde Kimber, the widow of notary René-Zéphirin Leblanc and sister of René-Joseph Kimber. He died at Quebec City in 1869.

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''Les Ursulines des Trois-Rivières : depuis leur établissement jusqu'à nos jours'' (1911)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Langevin, Charles 1789 births 1869 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada