Pierre Baillargeon (November 8, 1812 – December 15, 1891) was a physician and political figure in

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. He sat for Stadacona division in the

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from 1874 to 1891. He was born in Île-aux-Grues,

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, the son of François Baillargeon and Marie-Louise Langlois dit Saint-Jean, and was educated at the Collège de Nicolet. Baillargeon received an MD from

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. He was a member of the Boston Medical Society and a visiting physician at the Quebec General Hospital in

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. In 1842, he married Geneviève, the daughter of Joseph Painchaud. Baillargeon died in office at the age of 79. His brother

Charles-François Baillargeon Charles-François Baillargeon (April 26, 1798 – October 13, 1870) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop. Biography He was from Lower Canada and studied at the Collège de Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Collège de Nico ...

was archbishop of Quebec.

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1812 births 1891 deaths Canadian senators from Quebec Harvard Medical School alumni Liberal Party of Canada senators {{Quebec-senator-stub