Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault (September 6, 1832 – February 7, 1906) was a farmer,

notary A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems. A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...

and political figure in

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. He represented L'Islet in the

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from 1867 to 1878 as a

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member. He was born at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, the son of Antoine Gaspard Verreau and Hélène Fournier. Verreault was educated there and at the

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. He qualified to practise as a notary in 1860 and practised in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli and Monmagny. In 1863, he married Paméla Couillard Dupuis, the daughter of

Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis (August 24, 1814 – August 13, 1889) was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1881 as a Liberal. His surname was "Couill ...

. Verreault was mayor of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli from 1880 to 1893 and warden for L'Islet County from 1882 to 1893. He also helped found the Société d'horticulture de L'Islet and was a founder and secretary-treasurer of the Institut littéraire et scientifique de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. He died in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli at the age of 73. His nephew Louis-Auguste Dupuis also served in the Quebec assembly. The community of Saint-Pamphile was named in his honour.''Itinéraire toponymique au cœur de l'arrière-pays''
, Histoire Québec, Juin 1998, Volume 4, Numéro 2

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verreault, Pamphile-Gaspard 1832 births 1906 deaths Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Mayors of places in Quebec