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About Charles-Édouard Houde
- Charles-Édouard Houde (December 18, 1823 – November 23, 1912) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Nicolet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1876 to 1883 as a Conservative. He was born in Rivière-du-Loup-en-Haut, Lower Canada, the son of Joseph Houde and Rosalie Massé.
- He established himself in business first in Yamaska and later at Saint-Célestin.
- Houde was a general merchant, also selling lumber, paper and hay.
- In 1847, he married Léocadie Therrien.
- He served as a lands and forests officer, justice of the peace, postmaster and colonization officer.
- He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1876 by-election held after the election of François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot was declared invalid.
- His election in 1881 was overturned in 1883 and he lost the by-election held later that year to Louis-Tréfflé Dorais.
- He ran unsuccessfully as a nationalist candidate in 1886, losing again to Dorais.
- Houde was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the House of Commons running as an independent liberal in 1891. Houde was secretary for Saint-Célestin from 1855 to 1865 and was mayor from 1864 to 1875 and again from 1885 to 1894.
- Houde also served as warden for Nicolet County and as mayor of Annaville from 1897 to 1912.
- He died in Saint-Célestin at the age of 88.
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