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Lotbinière Regional County Municipali
Lotbinière may refer to: Places *Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Quebec **Lotbinière, Quebec, a municipality ** Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, a municipality ** Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, a parish * Lotbinière (federal electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada (formerly known as Lotbinière—L'Érable), now part of Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière * Lotbinière (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec. People * Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière (c. 1612-c. 1688), first de Lotbinière in America and New-France magistrate * Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière (1723–1798), builder of the Fort Ticonderoga and 3rd seigneur of Lotbinière * Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière (1748–1822), military officier, political figure in Lower Canada, seigneur of Rigaud and Vaudreuil and 4th seigneur of Lotbinière. * Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Lotbinière may refer to: Places *Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Quebec **Lotbinière, Quebec, a municipality **Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, a municipality **Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, a parish * Lotbinière (federal electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada (formerly known as Lotbinière—L'Érable), now part of Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière * Lotbinière (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec. People * Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière (c. 1612-c. 1688), first de Lotbinière in America and New-France magistrate * Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière (1723–1798), builder of the Fort Ticonderoga and 3rd seigneur of Lotbinière * Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière (1748–1822), military officier, political figure in Lower Canada, seigneur of Rigaud and Vaudreuil and 4th seigneur of Lotbinière. * Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotbinière, Quebec
Lotbinière () is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 855 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after the ''Seigneurial system of New France, seigneurie'' of which it was part. Bordered in the northwest by the Saint Lawrence River, Lotbinière is part of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec network. History It was constituted in 1979 from the amalgamation of the parish of Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière and the village of Lotbinière. The area was initially settled by French colonizers at the end of the 17th century. It is named after René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, who was granted the seigneury of Lotbinière in 1672. Attractions * Moulin du Domaine, historical water-powered flour mill * Moulin du Portage, historical water-powered flour mill * Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing References External links *Commission de toponymi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotbinière (federal Electoral District)
Lotbinière (; later known as Lotbinière—L'Érable) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2004. It was created by the British North America Act 1867. It was renamed "Lotbinière—L'Érable" in 2000, and was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Mégantic—L'Érable, Richelieu and Richmond—Arthabaska ridings. Geography It consisted initially of the County of Lotbinière. In 1876, the Parish of St. Sévérin was transferred to the County of Beauce for the purposes of representation in the House of Commons. In 1924, it was defined again as consisting of the County of Lotbinière. In 1933, the following areas were added: * from the county of Nicolet: the municipalities of Lemieux, St-Pierre Les-Becquets, Ste-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Ste-Sophie-de-Lévrard, Ste-Marie-de-Blandford, St-Joseph-de-Blandford and the village of Manseau; * from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotbinière (provincial Electoral District)
Lotbinière () is a former provincial electoral district in the Centre-du-Québec and Chaudière-Appalaches regions of Quebec, Canada. As of its final election, it included the municipalities of Lotbinière, Saint-Flavien, Lemieux, Laurierville, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Sainte-Croix and Laurier-Station. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral districts were Lotbinière-Frontenac, Nicolet-Bécancour, and Arthabaska. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, Liberal (1867–1885) * Édouard-Hippolyte Laliberté, Liberal (1886–1900) * Napoleon Lemay, Conservative – Liberal (1900–1908) * Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur, Liberal (1908–1936) * Maurice Pelletier, Unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Chartier De Lotbinière, Marquis De Lotbinière
Michel-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière, 1st Marquis de Lotbinière (; 1723–1798), Seigneur of Vaudreuil, Lotbinière and Rigaud, Quebec etc. In 1757, on his advice at the Siege of Fort William Henry, the Marquis de Montcalm successfully attacked Fort William Henry. In 1758, Lotbinière again advised Montcalm to await rather than attack the British Army, at Fort Carillon, the fort that Lotbinière had built, which led to the French victory at the Battle of Carillon. In 1784, Louis XVI of France created Lotbinière a Marquis, the only Canadian by family and birth to have attained that rank, and the last such creation made by Louis XVI. He was the last private owner of Château Vaudreuil in Montreal. Early life Michel-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière was born in 1723 at Quebec, the youngest son of Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière. His mother, Marie-Francoise (1695–1723), was the daughter of Captain François-Marie Renaud d'Avène des Meloizes and Françoise-Thérèse (1670-1698 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier De Lotbinière
Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière (; August 31, 1748 – January 1, 1822), 2nd Marquis de Lotbinière, though to keep political favour with the British he never used the title. He was seigneur of Vaudreuil, Lotbinière and Rigaud. He was the Speaker of the House of Commons in Lower Canada who saw to it that the French language was recognised as equal to English in the Quebec Parliament, where a painting of him giving the speech still hangs above the Speaker's chair. Family Born in the Quebec City in 1748, he was the son of Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, 1st Marquis de Lotbinière, and his wife Louise-Madeleine (1726–1809), daughter of Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (1682–1756), engineer-in-chief of New France. He was one of a distinguished group of first cousins that included The Hon. Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay, François-Joseph Chaussegros, Vicomte de Léry, Mme Jacques-Philippe Saveuse de Beaujeu, The Hon. Louis-René Chaussegros de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Chartier De Lotbinière Harwood
Antoine Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood (April 23, 1825 – August 6, 1891) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Vaudreuil in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1871. He was born in Montreal in 1825, the son of Robert Unwin Harwood and Marie-Louise-Josephte, the daughter of Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbiniere, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848. He was coseigneur of Vaudreuil, inherited by his mother, Marie-Louise-Josephte Chartier de Lotbinière. He served as secretary for the Vaudreuil Railway Company which his father had helped establish. Harwood also served as captain in the local militia, later becoming lieutenant-colonel. In 1863, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Vaudreuil. After Confederation, he represented the same riding in the Quebec legislative assembly. He died at Montreal in 1891. He was married to Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri-Gustave Joly De Lotbinière
Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, (December 5, 1829 – November 16, 1908) lawyer, businessman and politician served as the fourth premier of Quebec, a Canadian cabinet, federal Cabinet minister, and the List of lieutenant governors of British Columbia#Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia, 1871-present, seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Biography Early years Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, PC was born as Henry-Gustave Joly in Épernay, France. His father's family was one of the traditional Huguenot families from Switzerland and his mother's family was Roman Catholic. Initially a Huguenot himself, Henri-Gustave converted to Anglicanism before he married in 1856. His father, Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, was a pioneer of early photography (the first man to photograph the Acropolis, in 1839) who made a series of daguerreotypes while on a Grand Tour through Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land. Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
