François-Xavier Larue (1763 – July 13, 1855) was a farmer,

notary A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems. A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...

and political figure in

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. He was born in

Pointe-aux-Trembles Pointe-aux-Trembles was a municipality, founded in 1674, that was annexed by Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1982. This was the last city to be merged into Montreal until the 2002 municipal reorganization. On January 1, 2002 this neighbourhood at ...

in 1763. He articled as a notary with Pierre-Louis Deschenaux, qualified to practice in 1788 and set up practice at Pointe-aux-Trembles. He farmed on land there in the

seigneury ''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 Neuville. He was elected to the

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for Hampshire in 1810; he did not run again in 1814. Larue served as a major in the local militia during the

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. He was named

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for Quebec district in 1815. He was elected to the assembly for Hampshire again in an 1826 by-election held after the election of John Cannon was overturned on appeal. Larue served until 1830, when the riding was renamed Portneuf. He represented that riding until the constitution was suspended following the

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. Larue voted in support of the

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. From 1832 to 1845, he was agent for the seigneur of Neuville, his grandson Édouard-Wilbrod Larue. After he retired from politics, he returned to his practice as a notary. He died at Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1855. His grandson Praxède Larue served in the legislative assembly and legislative council for Quebec.

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