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About André Beauchemin
- André Beauchemin (November 6, 1824 – December 13, 1902) was a political figure in Manitoba.
- He represented St.
- Vital from 1870 to 1874 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. A Metis politician, Andre served as the St.
- Vital delegate on Riel’s Red River Council of November 1869.
- Later he was a delegate to the Convention of Forty, a councillor in the provisional government and elected to the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia in February 1870.
- He was elected to the first Manitoba legislature in 1870 by acclamation to represent the riding of St.
- Vital.
- André was born on November 6, 1824 at Red River, the son of André Millet dit Beauchemin and Madeleine Ducharme.
- He married Geneviève Delorme, the daughter of Joseph Esnault dit Delorme and Brigitte Villebrun.
- He farmed and also worked as a wheelwright.
- Beauchemin married Geneviève Delorme.
- He represented St.
- Vital in Riel's Red River Council of 1869 and also served in the provisional government council of 1870.
- In November 1872, Beauchemin offered to resign his seat in the Manitoba assembly so that Riel could be elected in a by-election.
- Alexander Morris, at that time administrator for the province, warned that an arrest warrant for the murder of Thomas Scott would be issued if Riel attempted to contest a by-election.
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