Michel-Guillaume Baby (September 15, 1834 – March 16, 1911) was a businessman and political figure in

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. He represented

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from 1857 to 1861 and Témiscouata from 1861 to 1863 in the

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and Chicoutimi et Saguenay from 1874 to 1875 in the

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as a

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. His name also appears as Michel William Baby. He was born in Saint-Philippe-de-La Prairie,

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, the son of Charles François Xavier Baby and Clothilde Pinsonaut. Baby was a shareholder in the

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, as well as president of the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway, originally incorporated as the Quebec and Gosford Railway. He was first elected to the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada in an 1857 by-election held after

Joseph-Charles Taché Joseph-Charles Taché, (December 24, 1820 – April 16, 1894) was a member of the Taché family, a nephew of Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché. He was a student at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and followed this by a study of medicine, receiving hi ...

resigned his seat. In 1868, he married Marie-Hélène-Wilhelmine, the daughter of

Jean-Baptiste Renaud Jean-Baptiste Renaud (June 22, 1816 – March 1, 1884) was a prominent businessman, merchant and land owner in Quebec. He served as a member of the Quebec Board of Trade and represented Saint-Pierre Ward on the municipal council for Quebec Cit ...

. Baby was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1874 by-election held after

Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Pierre-Alexis "Pitre" Tremblay (December 27, 1827 – January 4, 1879) was a surveyor and Quebec political figure. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1867 to 1875 and 1878 to 1879. He was born in La Malbaie, Lower Canada, in 1827 an ...

resigned his seat. He did not run for reelection in 1875 and later moved to Paris. Baby died there at the age of 76 and was buried in

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1814 births 1890 deaths Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East {{Conservative-Quebec-MNA-stub