Achille Larose was a farmer and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Verchères

Verchères (provincial electoral district)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1879 to 1881 as a Liberal.

He was born Achille Chagnon in Verchères

Verchères, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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, the son of Hubert Chagnon and Marguerite Chagnon, and was educated at the Collège de l'Assomption. He married Philomène Dansereau in 1861. In 1872, he moved to Ware, Massachusetts

Ware, Massachusetts

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. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1879 by-election held after the election of Jean-Baptiste Brousseau

Jean-Baptiste Brousseau

Jean-Baptiste Brousseau was a lawyer, journalist and political figure in Quebec. He represented Verchères in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1879 as a Liberal....

 was overturned. His election was declared invalid in 1881 after it was found that one of his supporters had resorted to bribery to win votes. Larose died at Calixa-Lavallée

Calixa-Lavallée, Quebec

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at the age of 64.