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About Louis-Honoré Gauvreau
- Louis-Honoré Gauvreau (September 28, 1812 – October 20, 1858) was a physician and political figure in Canada East. He was born in Rivière-du-Loup (later Louiseville), the son of a Quebec merchant, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet.
- Gauvreau qualified to practice medicine in 1836 - he was among the first people to obtain an MD degree from McGill College - and set up practice in his home town.
- Gauvreau supported the Patriote cause in the region during the Lower Canada Rebellion.
- Afterwards, as part of the Montreal-based Association de la Délivrance, he helped collect funds so that those who had been exiled outside the country for their part in the uprising could return home.
- In 1839, he married Anne-Louise Dumoulin, the sister of Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin.
- In 1858, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Maskinongé.
- He died in office later that year at Rivière-du-Loup (Louiseville).
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