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Amyot, Georges-Élie b. January 28, 1856 d. March 28, 1930
Canadian politician and businessman. Born in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (Québec), on January 28th, 1856. He studied at the commercial academy in thecity of Québec City. He worked on clerical jobs, first with a prominentsaddler, then in his future father-in-law’s factory, Louis Tanguay, until1874. After that he went to Montréal and got involved in the shoe andhardware businesses, this from 1877 till 1879, then went at the service ofJos. Amyot and Brothers in Québec from 1879 till 1885.In 1885...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Bienvenue, Valmore b. July 12, 1894 d. February 19, 1952
Canadian politician and jurist. A native of Nashua, New Hampshire, he studied first in Saint-Hyacinthe, then in Sherbrooke and finally at the Law Faculty at Laval University Laval. He was admitted to the Bar on October 5, 1917 and he was created King’s Counsel at law ten years later, on February 25, 1927. He was named junior substitute of the Procuror General of Québec for the district of the city of Québec in 1921 and was promoted to senior substitute in 1926. He was elected President of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Chinic, Eugène b. October 18, 1818 d. April 27, 1889
Canadian politician. Senator. A native of the city of Québec, he owned a hardware store and became a prominent merchant. In 1859, with the help of fellow members of the local business community, he created the Banque Nationale, an institution by and for the francophone community. On April 10, 1873, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada for the Gulf Division. In that house, he allied himself with the Conservative Party. He resigned on November 3, 1882. He passed away in his hometown. (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Chouinard, Julien b. February 4, 1929 d. February 6, 1987
Canadian jurist. Justice of the Supreme Court. Born in Québec (Québec) on February 4, 1929. He studied at Laval University Laval and received his Law degree in 1951. A Rhodes scholarship led him to the University of Oxford for further studies. He was admitted to the Bar. in 1953. He practiced in a private cabinet in Québec and also taught at the Faculty of Law of Laval University before becoming in 1965 the deputy minister of the Justice of Quebec. Three years later, he named Secretary-...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Dessane, Antoine b. December 9, 1826 d. June 8, 1873
Composer. A native of Forcalquier, France, he first studied music in Billom, in the region of Auvergne, then in Paris. At the age of ten and a half, he became one of the youngest pupils of the Academy of Paris and one of rare to bend the frightening director, Luigi Cherubini. César Franck and Jacques Offenbach were among his school-fellows. After a few years of travelling all over Europe, he crossed the Atlantic in July 1849 to take the post of organist of the cathedral Our-Lady of Québec. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Dumont, Joseph b. April 19, 1847 d. January 15, 1912
Canadian statesman. A native of Saint-André-de-Kamouraska (Québec), he studied at the College of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. He worked as merchant in the town of Kamouraska. In the by-election of March 19, 1877, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the Liberal representative for the district of Kamouraska. This election was cancelled by the Superior Court on March 4, 1878. He decided then to switch for Ottawa and in 1878, he was elected as the Liberal representative to the House...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Faucher de Saint-Maurice, Narcisse-Henri-Édouard b. April 18, 1844 d. April 1, 1897
Canadian statesman, journalist and literary figure. A native of the city of Québec, he studied at the Minor Seminary of Québec and at the Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière College. Then, he studied Law with barristers Ulric-Joseph Tessier and Henri Taschereau. In 1864 and 1865, he volunteered and served in the French Army of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. From November 4, 1867 to November 30, 1881, he worked as Clerk of the private bills of the Legislative Council of the Province of Québec. Then, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Flynn, Edmund James b. November 16, 1847 d. June 10, 1927
Quebec Premier. Flynn served as the Premier of Quebec from May 11, 1896, to May 25, 1897. (Bio by: K)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Gagnon, Ernest b. November 7, 1834 d. September 15, 1915
Canadian organist, folklorist, professor, historian, composer, man of letters and senior official. Born in Louiseville (Québec) on November 7, 1834. He studied at the College of Joliette from 1846 to 1850, then established himself in Montréal and became acquainted with a good number of the local major musicians. In 1853, he moved to Québec where he became organist at the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church. As a founding member of the École normale Laval in May 1857, he became its first professor of...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Leclerc, Aurèle b. May 8, 1883 d. June 23, 1968
Canadian Politician. A native of Leclercville, Québec, he studied at the Séminaire de Québec and at the Laval university. He got his license as notary in 1911 and worked in the city of Québec. He was the first president of the Association of the Ploughmen of the Province. He served also as Director of the Automobile club of Québec. He was elected Liberal representative to the Legislative Assembly for the district of Québec in 1916. He was reelected without opposition in 1919 and 1923. His seat...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Lesage, Jean b. June 10, 1912 d. December 12, 1980
Canadian politician. Premier of Québec. Born in Montreal, on June 10, 1912. He studied at the Jardin de l’enfance Saint-Enfant-Jésus in Montreal, the at the boarding school Saint-Louis-of-Gonzague in Quebec, at the Séminaire de Quebec and at Laval University in Quebec. He was admitted to the bar of the Province of Quebec on July 10, 1934. He was created Queen Councsel in law on January 13, 1961. He was part of the Army reserve from 1933 to 1945. As lawyer, his practice was in the city of Quebec...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Marchand, Felix-Gabriel b. January 9, 1832 d. September 25, 1900
Quebec Premier. Marchand served as the Premier of Quebec from May 24, 1897, until his death on September 25, 1900, at the age of 68. (Bio by: K)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Parent, Georges b. December 15, 1879 d. December 14, 1942
Canadian Politician. A native of the city of Québec, he was the son of Simon-Napoléon Parent, Mayor of Quebec from 1894 to 1905 and Premier of Quebec from 1900 to 1905. He received his education at the Collège de Ste-Anne de la Pocatière and at St. Dunstan University, on Prince Edward Island, before undertaking the study of law at Université Laval. He was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1904. This same year, he was elected as a Liberal to the House of Commons for the riding of Montmorency. As...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Pelletier, Jean b. February 21, 1935 d. January 10, 2009
Canadian Politician. A native of Chicoutimi, Quebec, Pelletier attended Laval University before he was hired as a journalist in 1957 for CFCM-TV in Quebec City and later correspondent for Radio-Canada. In 1959 he was appointed Press Secretary to Quebec Premier Paul Sauvé, serving only until Sauvé's sudden death in January 1960. After several years as a successful businessman, he was elected Mayor of Quebec City, serving from 1977 until 1989. In 1991 he was asked by then Liberal Party leader...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Pratte, Yves b. March 7, 1925 d. June 26, 1988
Canadian jurist. Justice of the Supreme Court. Born in Quebec (Quebec) on March 7, 1925. After receiving his Law degree at Laval University in 1947, he did graduate work in tax and corporate law at the University of Toronto law school. He was admitted to the bar of Quebec in 1947 and practised law in Quebec. He was dean of the Faculty of Law at Laval University, and from 1965 to 1968, he served as special legal counsel to two Quebec premiers, Jean Lesage and Daniel Johnson. He was also a...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Taschereau, Louis-Alexandre b. March 5, 1867 d. July 6, 1952
Quebec Premier. Taschereau served as the Premier of Quebec from July 9, 1920, to June 6, 1936. (Bio by: K)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Taschereau, Robert b. September 10, 1896 d. July 26, 1970
Canadian jurist. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Born in Québec (Québec), on September 10, 1896. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and at the Law Faculty of Laval University. He was admitted to the bar in 1920 and joined his father's law firm, while teaching criminal law part-time at Laval for 11 years. In keeping with family tradition, he entered politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Québec in 1930 as the Liberal representative for Bellechasse. He was a member...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Tessier, Maurice b. December 18, 1913 d. February 9, 2005
Canadian politician and magistrate. A native of Rimouski (Québec), he studied at the Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague School in Québec, then at the Minor Seminary of Québec, at Brébeuf College in Montréal, at St. Lawrence College in that same city and finally atLaval University. He was admitted to the Bar of the Province of Québec on January 14, 1939. He was created Queen’s Counsel in Law on December 20, 1960. He worked as a barrister in Rimouski with two colleagues until 1953, then practised alone...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Thériault, Élisée b. January 11, 1884 d. July 30, 1958
Canadian Politician, A native of Rivière-du-Loup (Québec), he studied the Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière College, at the College of Lévis and at the Laval University in Québec. He became secretary of Joseph-Édouard Charon, Minister for Agriculture, in 1909. He was admitted to the bar of the Province of Québec, on January 16, 1913. He was created King’s Counsel in 1924. He had his practice in Québec. He worked as legal adviser for the City of Québec, from 1918 to 1939. He acted as delegate in Qué...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Tremblay, Gen. Thomas-Louis b. May 16, 1886 d. March 28, 1951
Canadian military figure. A native of Chicoutimi, (Québec), he studied first with the Christian Brothers before attending the Royal Military College, in Kingston, from 1904 to 1907. In September 1907, he began his career as a civil engineer by working on the Transcontinental Railway. In August 1914, when WWI was declared, he joined the army and was attached to the column of ammunition of the First Division. In 1915, on the Western Front in Europe, he became second in command of the famous...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Belmont Cemetery, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

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