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About Joseph-Edmond Roy
- Joseph-Edmond Roy (December 7, 1858 – May 8, 1913) was a Quebec notary, editor, historian and political figure. He was born in Pointe-Lévy in 1858, the son of notary Léon Roy.
- Roy studied at the Collège de Lévis and the Séminaire de Québec, finally studying law at the Université Laval.
- He became editor of Le Quotidien at LĂ©vis in 1879.
- Roy was licensed as a notary in 1880 and set up practice at LĂ©vis.
- He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the legislative assembly in 1883 and 1886.
- In 1885, he married Lucienne Carrier.
- He was a member of the Royal Society of Canada, serving as president from 1897 to 1898 and from 1905 to 1906.
- He also served as a member of the Quebec Provincial Board of Notaries and was president from 1909 to 1912.
- In 1896, Roy ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in Bellechasse.
- In the same year, he was elected to the city council for LĂ©vis and served as mayor from 1896 to 1900. During the period 1897 to 1904, he published the five-volume Histoire de la seigneurie de Lauzon.
- Roy also contributed to the historical journal Bulletin des recherches historiques, edited by his brother Pierre-Georges.
- In 1898, he became editor and publisher for La Revue du notariat at LĂ©vis.
- From 1899 to 1902, he published the four-volume Histoire du notariat au Canada depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'Ă nos jours, a history of the notarial profession in Canada.
- In 1907, he became a professor of Canadian geography at the Université Laval.
- Roy was appointed head of the manuscript division of the archives at Ottawa the following year. He died at LĂ©vis in 1913.
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