Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1792

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1872

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière

  • Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière (March 25, 1792 – March 29, 1872) was a Quebec doctor, seigneur and political figure. He was born in Baie-du-Febvre, Lower Canada in 1792, the son of Pierre de Sales Laterrière who became the seigneur of Les Éboulements.
  • Laterrière studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec and went on to study medicine in Philadelphia.
  • He served as surgeon with the militia during the War of 1812 and set up practice in Lower Town, Quebec City until 1816.
  • Laterrière then returned to Les Éboulements to take on his responsibilities as seigneur.
  • He married Eulalie-Antoinette, the daughter of merchant Claude Dénéchau.
  • He represented Northumberland County in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1824 to 1830 and then Saguenay County from 1830 until 1832, when he was appointed to the Legislative Council.
  • In 1838, he was named to the Special Council that governed Lower Canada after the Rebellions of 1837.
  • He opposed union with Upper Canada but, was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in an 1845 by-election for Saguenay and was reelected in 1848 and 1851.
  • Also in 1848, Laterrière was named adjutant-general of the militia of Lower Canada and, so, had to run again for the same seat in a by-election held later that year.
  • In 1856, he was elected to the Legislative Council in Laurentides division.
  • He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1867. Laterrière died at Les Éboulements in 1872. His daughter Eugénie married Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, who later became a member of the Canadian Senate and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

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