François Baby (legislative councillor), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About François Baby (legislative councillor)
- Charles François Xavier Baby (19 June 1794 – 6 August 1864), was the eldest son of François Baby and received his formal education at Séminaire de Québec before entering into business. Charles had a varied career in business, encountering financial difficulties on at least three occasions, one of which ended in bankruptcy.
- He had purchased and lost various land holdings and also participated in the timber trade. By 1851, he appears to have had the worst of his financial difficulties behind him.
- He was involved in building and maintaining lighthouses for the government.
- He became an investor in the north shore railway and specifically the towing service and tugs.
- His various contracts were bought out in 1860 for an amount equal to three major debts. Baby entered politics in 1861, being elected as a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, and serving until his death.
- The years of government contracts and behind the scenes deals had made him a man of great influence in Quebec. In August 1831, he had married Clothilde Pinsoneault, sister of Pierre-Adolphe Pinsoneault.
- He was the first Catholic bishop of London, Ontario.
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