Maurice Laframboise (August 18, 1821 – February 1, 1882) was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure.

Biography

He was born Maurice-Alexis Laframboise in Montreal, Lower Canada in 1821. He studied at the

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, then articled in law and was called to the bar in 1843. He set up practice in Saint-Hyacinthe. In 1846, he married Marie-Eugénie-Rosalie Dessaulles, daughter of

Jean Dessaulles Jean Dessaulles (1766 – June 20, 1835) was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac in 1766 and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. He worked as a seigneurial agent for his aunt, who was ...

; he looked after the family seigneury until 1852 when the property was distributed among his father-in-law's children. Laframboise was mayor of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1857 to 1860. In 1858, he was elected in Bagot as a member of the

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; he was reelected in 1861 and 1863. He was named to the

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in 1863 as commissioner of Public Works; as was required at the time, he was elected in a by-election that same year for the same seat after being named to the cabinet. He opposed confederation; he was defeated in 1867 when he ran in Bagot for a seat in the federal parliament. In 1871, he was elected to the

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for Shefford as a Liberal; he was reelected in 1875. In 1878, he was named judge in the

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for the Gaspé district.

Personal

He died in Montreal in 1882. His daughter Marie-Angélique-Rosalie married

Louis-Onésime Loranger Louis-Onésime Loranger (April 7, 1837 – August 18, 1917) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge. Born in Yamachiche, Quebec, Yamachiche, Lower Canada, the son of Joseph Loranger and Marie-Louise Dugal, Loranger was educa ...

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
* 1821 births 1882 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Judges in Quebec Mayors of places in Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub