Gédéon-Mélasippe Prévost (April 4, 1817 – February 2, 1887) was a

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and political figure. He was born in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines,

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in 1817 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse. He articled as a notary, received his commission in 1838 and set up practice at Terrebonne. Prévost served on the village council from 1854 to 1857 and was mayor from 1860 to 1869. He was elected to the

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for Terrebonne in 1854, defeating

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, but resigned in 1857 to allow Louis-Siméon Morin to be elected in his place. He died at Terrebonne in 1887. His brother

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and his nephew, Jules-Édouard Prévost, were members of the Canadian House of Commons.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prevost, Gedeon-Melasippe 1887 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Mayors of Terrebonne, Quebec 1817 births People from Laurentides 19th-century mayors of places in Quebec