Joseph-Gaspard Laviolette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1812
Place of Birth: Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada
Date of Death: 04-Oct-1903
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Joseph-Gaspard Laviolette
- Joseph-Gaspard Laviolette (March 1, 1812 - October 4, 1903) was a seigneur, businessman and politician in the province of Quebec, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Council of Quebec, the upper house of the Legislature of Quebec.Laviolette was born at Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada, the son Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Guernier dit Laviolette and Louise-Adélaïde Lemaire Saint-Germain.Laviolette was educated at the Collège de Montréal.
- In 1834, he married Christine-Célanie Roy-Portelance.
- In 1859, he married Corinne Bédard.He became the seigneur of Sherrington, a lieutenant-colonel in the militia, and a justice of the peace.
- He was a census commissioner from 1860 to 1870.
- Active in business, he was a director of the Montreal and Champlain Railroad, a vice-president of administration of the Provincial Bank of Canada, and a founder of the Compagnie d'assurance Canadienne.Entering politics, Laviolette was the mayor of municipal parish of Saint-Cyprien-de-De Léry from July 23, 1855 to December 30, 1856, and mayor of Napierville from February 1873 to July 19, 1875.
- In 1875, he was the prefect of the county of Napierville-Laprairie.In 1876, Laviolette was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec by the Conservative government of Premier Charles Boucher de Boucherville, for the division of de Lorimier.
- A life appointment, Laviolette held the position for close to twenty-one years, before resigning in 1897 at age 85.Laviolette died at Montreal, at age 91.
- He was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.
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