François-Zéphirin Tassé was a physician and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier (electoral district)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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 from 1858 to 1864.

He was born in Saint-Martin, Quebec

Saint-Martin, Quebec

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, the son of Pierre Tassé, the son of François Tassé

François Tassé

François Tassé was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1824....

, and Marie Valiquette, and was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse. He apprenticed as a physician and practised in Saint-Laurent

Saint-Laurent, Quebec

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, Montreal

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 and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec

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. Tassé served as a governor of the College of Physicians and Surgeons for Lower Canada and as a federal medical examiner. He also served on the town council for Saint-Laurent and as mayor. Tassé married Rose-de-Lima Painchaud in 1846. He resigned his seat in 1864 to become inspector of prisons. In 1873, he was named director of the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul prison at Laval

Laval, Quebec

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. Tassé died in Montreal at the age of 60 and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

Founded in 1854, Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is a 343-acre cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The entrance and the grounds run along a part of chemin Côte-des-Neiges and up the slopes of Mount Royal...

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