Gédéon-Mélasippe Prévost, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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About Gédéon-Mélasippe Prévost
- Gédéon-Mélasippe Prévost (April 4, 1817 – February 2, 1887) was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was born in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada in 1817 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse.
- He articled as a notary, received his commission in 1838 and set up practice at Terrebonne.
- Prévost served on the village council from 1854 to 1857 and was mayor from 1860 to 1869.
- He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Terrebonne in 1854, defeating Augustin-Norbert Morin, but resigned in 1857 to allow Louis-Siméon Morin to be elected in his place. He died at Terrebonne in 1887. His brother Wilfrid and his nephew, Jules-Édouard Prévost, were members of the Canadian House of Commons.
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