Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois (November 6, 1846 – September 30, 1926) was a physician and political figure in

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

. He represented Shefford in the

Legislative Assembly of Quebec A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the authority, legal authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with th ...

from 1888 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1903 as a Liberal. He was born in Chambly,

Canada East Canada East () was the northeastern portion of the Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of ...

, the son of Dr. Charles-Henri Boucher de Grosbois and Émilie-Magdeleine Boucher de Boucherville, the daughter of

seigneur A seigneur () or lord is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. The seigneur owned a seigneurie, seigneury, or lordship—a form of ...

Pierre-Amable Boucher de Boucherville. Boucher de Grosbois was educated privately, then at the Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe and

McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, ...

. He received his qualifications as a doctor in 1868 and practised in

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie, Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore o ...

, Saint-Bruno,

Roxton Falls Roxton Falls is a village municipality in Acton Regional County Municipality, in the Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canad ...

and Chambly. In 1870, he was married to Dorothée Bruneau. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in 1872 and for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1881. Boucher de Grosbois was first elected in an 1888 by-election held after the death of Thomas Brassard and was reelected in 1890. He was defeated by

Adolphe-François Savaria Adolphe-François Savaria (May 21, 1848 – July 16, 1929) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Shefford in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative. Early life He was born in Saint- ...

in 1892 and then was reelected in 1897. He resigned from politics in 1903 and returned to the practice of medicine. He was assistant medical director for the Hôpital Saint-Jean-de-Dieu in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

from 1918 to 1920. He died in Montreal at the age of 79 and was buried in the

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (, ) is a rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run along a part of Côte-des-Neiges Ro ...

. His uncle Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville served as Quebec premier.

References

* Quebec Liberal Party MNAs People from Chambly, Quebec Politicians from Montérégie 1846 births 1926 deaths McGill University alumni Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub