Sir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, (January 22, 1837 – April 29, 1911) was a

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lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the

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Biography

Born in Rivière-Ouelle,

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(now

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), the son of Jean-Marie Pelletier and Julie Painchaud, he studied law at the

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, was called to the bar in 1860 and entered practice in

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. He married Suzanne, the daughter of lawyer Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain in 1861; his wife died during childbirth the following year. In 1862, he joined the

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as an officer with the Voltigeurs de Québec. A Captain by 1863, he became a major with the 9th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles and saw active service with the battalion in 1866 during the Fenian Raids and retired from the militia in 1867. In 1866, he married Eugénie, the daughter of Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière, a doctor and seigneur. He was elected as a Liberal to the

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representing the riding of

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in a by-election held in 1869. There was no election in this riding in

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due to riots. He was re-elected in

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and

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. He was also elected to represent Québec-Est in the

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in an 1873 by-election; he resigned this seat in 1874 when the

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became illegal. From 1877 to 1878, he was the Minister of Agriculture in the federal cabinet. C a p pelletier lt gov of Qc

He was President of the Canadian Commission for the Paris World Fair in 1878. He was made a Companion of the

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for his work on this commission. In 1898, he was promoted to Knight Commander. In 1877, he was appointed to the

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representing the senatorial division of Grandville, Quebec. From 1896 to 1901, he was the

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. He resigned in 1904 and was appointed a

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of the

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. In 1908, he was appointed

and served until his death in 1911.

References

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Biography from the Ministry of Agriculture
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