Côme-Séraphin Cherrier (Lower Canada politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Côme-Séraphin Cherrier (Lower Canada politician)

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1798

Place of Birth: Repentigny, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 10-Apr-1885

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Côme-Séraphin Cherrier (Lower Canada politician)

  • Côme-Séraphin Cherrier (July 22, 1798 – April 10, 1885) was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Repentigny in 1798, the son of a farmer and merchant.
  • After his mother died in 1801, he was raised by the family of his uncle Denis Viger.
  • Another uncle was Joseph Papineau.
  • Cherrier studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal, articled in law with his cousin Denis-Benjamin Viger and was called to the bar in 1822.
  • His partners in law included Louis-Michel Viger, Denis-Aristide Laberge, Charles-Elzéar Mondelet, Antoine-Aimé Dorion and Vincislas-Paul-Wilfrid Dorion.
  • Cherrier successfully defended Jocelyn Waller against accusations of having libelled the administration of Lord Dalhousie.
  • He also represented the seigneurs during the process of establishing compensation when seigneurial tenure was abolished.
  • He married Mélanie, the daughter of merchant Joseph Quesnel and widow of merchant Michel Coursol, in 1833.
  • In 1834, Cherrier was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Montreal County and supported the parti patriote.
  • Although Cherrier did not supported armed resistance, he was arrested in December 1837; he was later put under house arrest after he became ill. In 1842, he was named Queen's Counsel.
  • He was bâtonnier for the Montreal bar in 1855 and 1856 and was dean for the law faculty of the Université Laval at Montreal.
  • Cherrier became president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal in 1853.
  • He ran unsuccessfully for the position of mayor of Montreal in 1859.
  • In 1865, he gave a speech to the Institut canadien-français opposing Confederation.
  • He was named a knight in the Order of St Gregory the Great in 1869.
  • Cherrier was also a vice-president of the St Vincent de Paul Society at Montreal.
  • He owned much property at Montreal and inherited property from Denis-Benjamin Viger in Montreal and Île-Bizard.
  • He served as director and later president for La Banque du Peuple. He died in Montreal in 1885. His uncles Benjamin-Hyacinthe-Martin Cherrier and Séraphin Cherrier both served as members of the assembly.

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