Ulric-Joseph Tessier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ulric-Joseph Tessier

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 03-May-1817

Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 07-Apr-1892

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Ulric-Joseph Tessier

  • Ulric-Joseph Tessier (May 3, 1817 – April 7, 1892) was a Quebec lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure.
  • He was a member of the Senate of Canada representing the Gulf division from 1867 to 1873 and served as mayor of Quebec City from 1853 to 1854. He was born Joseph-Ulric Tessier in Quebec City in 1817 and studied at the Petit SĂ©minaire de QuĂ©bec.
  • He articled in law with Hector-Simon Huot and was admitted to the bar in 1839.
  • Tessier was elected to city council in 1846.
  • The following year, he married Marguerite-Adèle Kelly, heiress to the seigneury of Rimouski.
  • In 1851, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Portneuf.
  • He helped found the North Shore Railway in 1853 and, in 1858, the Banque Nationale, serving as its first president.
  • He was part of a group that lobbied for Quebec City as the capital of Canada in London in 1857.
  • Tessier was a professor in the faculty of law at the UniversitĂ© Laval.
  • In 1858, he was elected to the Legislative Council for the Gulf division; he served as Minister of Public Works in the Executive Council from 1862 to 1863.
  • Tessier was speaker for the Legislative Council from 1863 until Confederation, when he was appointed to the Senate.
  • He was named Queen's Counsel in 1863.
  • In 1869, his wife inherited the seigneury of Rimouski after the death of her mother; Tessier also purchased the seigneuries of Le Bic, Saint-Fabien, Saint-Simon, Saint-Mathieu, Trois-Pistoles and part of ĂŽle-d’OrlĂ©ans.
  • In 1873, Tessier resigned from the Senate to become a judge in the Quebec Superior Court in Quebec district; in 1875, he was named to the Court of Queen's Bench. His published works included: Emma ou l’amour malheureux, a story based on the cholera epidemic at Quebec City that appeared in the city newspaper Le TĂ©lĂ©graphe in 1837 Essai sur le commerce et l'industrie du Bas-Canada, a study on the Quebec economy published in 1854He died in Quebec City in 1892 and was buried in the Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont. One son, Auguste, later served in the Quebec assembly and as a judge; another, Jules, served in the Quebec assembly and the Canadian Senate.

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