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About Antoine Casavant
- Antoine Casavant (October 20, 1826 – July 18, 1892) was a farmer and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Bagot in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1886 as a Conservative.
- His name also appears as Antoine Casavant dit Ladébauche. He was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada, the son of Antoine Casavant dit Ladébauche and Marie Benoît, and was educated at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe.
- Casavant served as a captain in the militia, a justice of the peace and a commissioner for the trial of minor causes.
- He was also president of the agricultural society for Bagot County and a member of the Quebec agricultural council.
- He helped found a beet sugar plant at Farnham.
- He was married twice: to Rosalie Piedalue in 1850 and to Marie-Hermine Vachon in 1868.
- Casavant served on the municipal council for Saint-Dominique.
- He ran unsuccessfully for the Saint-Hyacinthe seat in the Quebec assembly in 1878 and 1879.
- Casavant died in Saint-Dominique at the age of 65.
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