Henri-Jules Juchereau Duchesnay (July 6, 1845 – July 6, 1887) was a lawyer, farmer and political figure in

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. He represented Dorchester in the

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in 1887 as a

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member. He was born in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce,

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, the son of

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Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay (July 19, 1809 – May 12, 1871) was a seigneur, lawyer and political figure in Canada East. He also served in the Senate of Canada from 1867 until his death. Juchereau Duchesnay, also sometimes referred t ...

and Élisabeth-Suzanne Taschereau, who was the daughter of Jean-Thomas Taschereau. He was educated at the

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, the

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and

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. Juchereau Duchesnay was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1866 and first practised in

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, later moving back to Sainte-Marie. In 1869, he married Caroline Têtu. He was named a lieutenant-colonel in the militia and also served as stipendiary magistrate for Beauce County, inspector of mines in the Beauce region, mayor of Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce and warden for Beauce County.''The Canadian Parliamentary companion, 1887''
JA Gemmill p. 115 In 1882, he established a local

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, which had what are believed to be the first centrifugal cream separators installed in North America. In 1885, "Juchereau" Duchesnay spoke against the execution of

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. After being elected in the 1887 federal election, he died in office at Sainte-Marie later that same year of

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at the age of 42. He was succeeded in the House of Commons by his brother-in-law

Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard, CMG (June 18, 1850 – November 27, 1928) was a lawyer, railroad company executive and political figure in Quebec. He represented Dorchester in the House of Commons of Canada from 1888 to 1891 as a N ...

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