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About Thomas Marchildon
- Thomas Marchildon (February 27, 1805 – May 17, 1858) was a businessman, farmer and political figure in Canada East. He was born in Batiscan in 1805 and became a farmer there.
- With one of his brothers, he also owned a shipbuilding yard.
- Marchildon was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Champlain in 1851; he was reelected in 1854 as a member of the parti rouge.
- In 1858, he was defeated in the same riding by his cousin, Joseph-Édouard Turcotte.
- He opposed the construction of the North Shore Railway.
- In 1858, he was found drowned in the well on his farm.
- He was believed to have suffered an attack of apoplexy although some people thought that he had committed suicide; the coroner found that his death had been accidental.
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