Benjamin Beauchamp was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Saint-Hermas, Canada East

Canada East

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, the son of Benjamin Beauchamp and Marie Meloche, Beauchamp was educated at Jacques-Cartier Normal School in Montreal

Montreal

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 receiving a first-class teachers' certificate. He obtained both classes of certificates at the School of Military Instruction in 1865. An agriculturist, he was secretary of the Agricultural Society of Deux-Montagnes, Quebec

Deux-Montagnes, Quebec

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He was a member of the 5th

5th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

The 5th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from December 2, 1881 to October 14, 1886. The Quebec Conservative Party led Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Joseph-Alfred Mousseau and John Jones Ross was the governing party. Chapleau was succeeded by...

, 6th

6th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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, 7th

7th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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, and 8th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

8th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

The 8th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from March 8, 1892 to May 11, 1897. The Quebec Conservative Party was the governing party for the last time in Quebec...

 for Deux-Montagnes

Deux-Montagnes (provincial electoral district)

Deux-Montagnes is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853...

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