Gédéon Larocque (December 21, 1831 – October 23, 1903) was a physician 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 Chambly in the

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from 1871 to 1875 as a

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member.

Background and early career

He was born in Chambly,

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, the son of Édouard Larocque and Louise Daigneau. Larocque was educated at the Collège de Chambly, the Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe and the School of Medicine and Surgery at

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. He qualified to practise medicine in 1855 and set up practice in

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly acr ...

. Larocque also taught music and owned a farm at

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. He was married three times: to Félicité Thibault in 1856, to Rosalie-Christine Brauners in 1870 and to Azilda Davignon in 1874.

Mayor of Longueuil and other activities

He was mayor of

from 1862 to 1870 and was warden of Chambly County for four years. He was an agent for the Northern Railway. Larocque was sergeant-at-arms for the legislative assembly from 1875 to 1902.

Publications

He wrote several instructional booklets on subjects related to agriculture including
Culture et préparation du tabac
' in 1881 and ''Manuel des engrais'', published in 1904.

Death

He died in Montreal at the age of 71 and was buried at Longueuil.

References

* 1831 births 1903 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Mayors of places in Quebec Mayors of Longueuil French Quebecers {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub