Louis-Napoléon LaRochelle (November 14, 1834 – October 27, 1890) was a manufacturer, railway contractor and political figure in

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. He represented Dorchester in the

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from 1871 to 1878 and from 1886 to 1888 as a

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. He was born in

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, the son of Siméon Gautron, dit Larochelle and Sophie Pomerleau. LaRochelle was educated at the

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. He took over the operation of his father's businesses when his father died in 1859. In 1876, he married Georgiana Plants. He served on the board of directors for the Levis and Kennebec Railway with Joseph-Godric Blanchet,

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and

Christian Pozer Christian Henry Pozer (December 26, 1835 – July 18, 1884) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in St-Georges d'Aubert Gallion (now Saint-Georges), Beauce, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of William Pozer and Ann Milbourne, he w ...

; he was later involved in a bitter and public dispute with Charles Armstrong Scott about who was to blame for the railway's financial failure. He was mayor of Saint-Anselme from 1870 to 1878 and from 1881 to 1889 and warden for

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from 1881 to 1886. He was defeated by Hector-Louis Langevin when he first ran for election to the Quebec assembly in 1867 but was successful in 1871. LaRochelle did not run in 1875 but lost to

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in 1881. Larochelle was elected again in 1886 but resigned his seat in 1888 to sit for Lauzon division in the

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. He died in office at Saint-Anselme at the age of 55.

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