Amédée Gaboury (March 26, 1838 – June 11, 1912) was a physician and political figure in
Quebec. He represented
Laval
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in the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
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from 1883 to 1884 as a
Liberal.
He was born in
Saint-Jean-Baptiste,
Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Gaboury and Rosalie Ayet dit Malo. He was educated at the
Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Victoria School of Medicine at
Montreal. He qualified as a doctor in 1862 and set up practice at
Saint-Martin. Martin was married twice: to Virginie Lavoie in 1873 and later to Rosalie Picard. He was elected in an 1883 by-election held after the election of
Pierre-Évariste Leblanc was declared invalid. His election was overturned by the
Quebec Superior Court
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in 1884 and he lost the subsequent by-election to Leblanc. He died in Saint-Martin at the age of 73.
His brother
Tancrède-Charles also served in the
Quebec assembly.
References
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1838 births
1912 deaths
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
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