Dominique Mondelet (January 23, 1799 – February 19, 1863) was a lawyer, judge,
seigneur
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and political figure in
Lower Canada
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.
He was born in
Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu
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, the son of notary
Jean-Marie Mondelet
Jean-Marie (ca. 1771According to some sources, he may have been born François Mondelet on April 29, 1773. – June 15, 1843) was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu around 1771, the son ...
, and studied at the
Collège de Montréal
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. He articled in law with Michael O'Sullivan, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and set up practice in
Montreal
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. Mondelet served as major in the local militia from 1820 to 1827. He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
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for Montreal County as a moderate Reformer in an 1831 by-election held after the death of Joseph Perrault. In 1832, he was named
King's Counsel
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. Also in 1832, he was named an honorary member of the Executive Council and he was expelled from his seat by a vote of the assembly. Mondelet was later named to the Special Council that administered the province after the
Lower Canada Rebellion
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. In 1839, he was named judge in the Court of Queen's Bench at Trois-Rivières. Mondelet inherited the seigneuries of Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska (also known as Yamaska) and Boucherville. In 1850, he was named to the Superior Court at Trois-Rivières.
He married Harriet Munro, granddaughter of Captain John Munro. His daughter Émilie-Emma married
Georges-Casimir Dessaulles
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, who later became a Canadian senator; their daughter
Henriette Dessaulles
Henriette Dessaulles (February 6, 1860 – November 17, 1946), also known by the pen name Fadette, was a Canadians, Canadian journalist and diarist from Quebec.Charles-Elzéar was also a lawyer and a judge.
Mondelet translated the ''Canadian Boat Song'' by
Thomas Moore
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into
French
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. He died of a
stroke
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at
Trois-Rivières
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