Léonard Godefroy de Tonnancour, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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About Léonard Godefroy de Tonnancour
- Léonard Godefroy de Tonnancour (November 6, 1793 – January 29, 1867) was a political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska in 1793, the son of seigneur Joseph-Marie Godefroy de Tonnancour, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet.
- He worked as an administrator on the family estates.
- He inherited part of the seigneuries of Yamaska and Saint-François, as well as property in Acton County, in 1834.
- Godefroy de Tonnancour was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Yamaska in an 1832 by-election; he was reelected in 1834.
- He voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions.
- After the constitution was suspended in 1838, Godefroy de Tonnancour retired from politics.
- In 1835, he had married Marguerite, the daughter of Benjamin-Hyacinthe-Martin Cherrier, surveyor and former member of the legislative assembly. He died at Saint-Michel-d’Yamaska in 1867. His older brother Marie-Joseph became co-seigneur after the death of their father and also was a member of the legislative assembly.
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