Félix Têtu
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Félix Têtu was a notary
and political figure in Lower Canada
. He represented Hertford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
from 1796 to 1800.
He was born in Saint-Thomas
, the son of Félix Têtu and Marie-Madeleine Vallée, and was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Québec
. He apprenticed as a notary and was licensed to practise in 1795. Têtu practised mainly at Quebec City
. He served in the militia, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Têtu did not run for reelection in 1800 and was defeated when he ran in Dorchester in 1809. He died in Saint-Thomas at the age of 84.
His nephew Vital Têtu
also served in the assembly.
Civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...
and political figure in Lower Canada
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
. He represented Hertford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791...
from 1796 to 1800.
He was born in Saint-Thomas
Montmagny, Quebec
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, the son of Félix Têtu and Marie-Madeleine Vallée, and was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Québec
Petit Séminaire de Québec
Le Petit Séminaire de Québec is a private French-language Roman Catholic secondary school in the Vieux-Québec area of Quebec City which was originally part of the Séminaire de Québec...
. He apprenticed as a notary and was licensed to practise in 1795. Têtu practised mainly at Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
. He served in the militia, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Têtu did not run for reelection in 1800 and was defeated when he ran in Dorchester in 1809. He died in Saint-Thomas at the age of 84.
His nephew Vital Têtu
Vital Têtu
Vital Têtu was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Montmorency in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1836 until the suspension of the constitution in 1838....
also served in the assembly.