Joseph Turgeon (April 5, 1751 – May 1, 1831) was a master carpenter and political figure in
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...
. He represented Leinster in the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809.
He was born Joseph-Marie Turgeon in
Beaumont, the son of Jacques Turgeon and Marie Fournier. Turgeon established himself at
L'Assomption
L'Assomption () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption. It is located on the outer fringes of the Montreal urban area.
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, moving to
Lavaltrie
Lavaltrie is a city located within the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the southern part of the region of Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada, northeast of Montreal outside the suburban sprawl of the North Shore (i.e., the suburbs located north ...
around 1790. In 1778, he married Louise Marion. Turgeon was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1809. He died in Lavaltrie at the age of 80.
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1751 births
1831 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada