Thomas Linière Taschereau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas Linière Taschereau

Canadian lawyer and politician

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1850

Place of Birth: Sainte-Marie, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 29-May-1901

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Thomas Linière Taschereau

  • Thomas Linière Taschereau (October 8, 1850 – May 29, 1901) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec.
  • He represented Beauce in the House of Commons of Canada from 1884 to 1887 as a Conservative Party of Canada member.
  • His name appears in some sources as Jean-Thomas Linière Taschereau or Linière Taschereau. He was born in Sainte-Marie, Canada East, the son of seigneur Thomas-Jacques Taschereau and Marie Anne Amable Fleury de la Gorgendière.
  • Taschereau was educated at Ste.
  • Anne de la Pocatiere, the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal and Université Laval.
  • He entered the practice of law at Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce in 1873 and was named crown prosecutor for the Beauce district in 1881.
  • He married Annie Breakey, the widow of William Berry, in 1874; she died the following year.
  • In 1877, he married Mary, the daughter of Charles Joseph Alleyn.
  • Taschereau was mayor of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce from 1891 to 1893.
  • He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1884 by-election held after Joseph Bolduc was named to the Senate.
  • Taschereau ran unsuccessfully in the federal riding of Kamouraska in 1896 and 1900.
  • He died of heart disease in Quebec City at the age of 50.His daughter Zoé-Mary Stella married Eugène Fiset who later served as lieutenant-governor of Quebec.

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