Joseph-Rosaire Thibaudeau (October 1, 1837 – June 16, 1909) was a
Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a
Liberal member of the
Senate of Canada
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for Rigaud division from 1878 to 1909.
He was born at
Cap-Santé,
Lower Canada in 1837. Thibaudeau operated the
Montreal branch of his older brother
Isidore's company until 1895. In 1890, he was named sheriff for the city of Montreal. He was also president of the electric company and vice-president of the telephone company.
Thibaudeau was a member of the first Board of directors, Bell Telephone Company of Canada (
Bell Canada
Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is an ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) in t ...
) in 1880, and Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company Limited (
Nortel).
His nephew
Alfred Thibaudeau
Alfred Arthur Thibaudeau (December 1, 1860 – August 15, 1926) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Quebec City, the son of Isidore Thibaudeau, a Quebec businessman and political figure in Upper Canada, Thibaudeau was educated at the Quebec ...
also served in the Canadian senate.
Family
Joseph Rosaire Thibaudeau married December 9, 1873, Marguerite La Mothe, daughter of Guillaume La Mothe, former Postmaster of Montreal, and his wife, Marguerite de Savoye. Marguerite Thibaudeau was born at
Montreal,
Quebec March 6, 1853 and educated in Montreal. She served as the President of the Notre Dame Hospital and was instrumental in raising over $50,000 for the institution. She volunteered with the National Council of Women, the Women's Historical Society, the Parks and Playgrounds Association of Montreal. She was a founder of the Ladies' Branch of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society. The couple lived at 837 Lagauchettire Street, Montreal.
The couple had two daughters, the eldest of whom is