Alexandre Roy was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Cornwallis in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1804 to 1808.

He was born in Kamouraska

Kamouraska, Quebec

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, the son of Pierre Roy dit Desjardins and Marie-Anne Bouchard. In 1763, he married Josephte Plourde. Roy served as a captain in the militia during the War of 1812

War of 1812

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. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1808. Roy died in Kamouraska at the age of 75.