Jean-Baptiste Brousseau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Baptiste Brousseau

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1841

Place of Birth: Saint-Mathieu, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1925

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Jean-Baptiste Brousseau

  • Jean-Baptiste Brousseau (January 2, 1841 – June 21, 1925) was a lawyer, journalist and political figure in Quebec.
  • He represented Verchères in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1879 as a Liberal. He was born in Saint-Mathieu de Beloeil, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Brousseau and Marie-Anne-Charlotte Hertel de Rouville who was the daughter of seigneur Jean-Baptiste-RenĂ© Hertel de Rouville, and was educated at the Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Collège de l'Assomption.
  • He articled in law with Louis BĂ©langer and Lewis Thomas Drummond and was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1863.
  • In 1864, he married Marie Eulalie Malot.
  • Brousseau served as Crown Prosecutor for Richelieu district from 1871 to 1874.
  • He was editor for the Messager de Sorel and was, with Georges-Isidore Barthe, co-editor for the La Gazette de Sorel.
  • His election in 1878 was overturned in the following year and he did not run in the subsequent by-election.
  • In 1899, he was named Queen's Counsel.
  • Brousseau died in Sorel at the age of 84. His uncle Joseph Daigle also represented Verchères in the Quebec assembly.

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