Thomas Linière Taschereau (October 8, 1850 – May 29, 1901) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented

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in the

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from 1884 to 1887 as a

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member. His name appears in some sources as Jean-Thomas Linière Taschereau or Linière Taschereau. He was born in Sainte-Marie,

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, the son of

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Thomas-Jacques Taschereau and Marie Anne Amable Fleury de la Gorgendière. Taschereau was educated at Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, the

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and

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. He entered the practice of law at Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce in 1873 and was named crown prosecutor for the Beauce district in 1881. He married Annie Breakey, the widow of William Berry, in 1874; she died the following year.''La famille Taschereau'' (1901)
Roy, PG pp. 63-72 In 1877, he married Mary, the daughter of

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. Taschereau was mayor of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce from 1891 to 1893. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1884 by-election held after Joseph Bolduc was named to the Senate. Taschereau ran unsuccessfully in the federal riding of Kamouraska in 1896 and 1900. He died of heart disease in

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at the age of 50. His daughter Zoé-Mary Stella married

Eugène Fiset Major-General Sir Marie-Joseph-Eugène Fiset, (March 15, 1874 – June 8, 1951) was a Canadian physician, military officer, Deputy Minister of Militia and Defence, Member of Parliament, the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, and the 3r ...

who later served as lieutenant-governor of Quebec.Eugène Fiset
at Assemblée nationale du Québec

References

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''The Canadian Parliamentary Companion, 1885''
JA Gemmill pp. 162–3 {{DEFAULTSORT:Taschereau, Thomas Liniere 1850 births 1901 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Mayors of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Sainte-Marie, Quebec Thomas Liniere Université Laval alumni 19th-century mayors of places in Quebec 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada