Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau (October 28, 1805 – July 25, 1845) was a lawyer and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1830 to 1835 and Dorchester from 1844 to 1845 in the

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. He was born in

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, the son of

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Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau was born in Quebec April 19, 1775, a son of Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau, the patriarch of this important family, and his first wife, Marie-Louise-Élizabeth Bazin. He studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec from 1784 ...

and Françoise Boucher de La Bruère de Montarville. Taschereau was admitted to the Lower Canada bar in 1828 and set up practice in Quebec City in partnership with his brother Joseph-André. Shortly afterwards, he inherited the seigneury of Sainte-Marie. Taschereau voted for the

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. In 1834, he married Catherine-Hénédine Dionne, the daughter of seigneur

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. Taschereau resigned his seat in the assembly in 1835. He refused to run for the Dorchester seat following the union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1841 but was elected in the 1844 election. He died in office at his residence in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce at the age of 39 after developing an

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. His son Henri-Elzéar later served as

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References

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''the Canadian Encyclopedia''
*Roy, P
''La famille Taschereau''
(1901) pp. 85–88 (French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Taschereau, Pierre-Elzear 1805 births 1845 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Pierre-Elzear