Hector-Simon Huot
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Hector-Simon Huot was a lawyer and politician in Lower Canada
.
He was born at Quebec City
in 1803, the son of merchant François Huot
, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec
. He articled in law with Louis Lagueux
, was called to the bar in 1825 and set up practice at Quebec City. With others, Huot helped reestablish the newspaper Le Canadien
in 1830. In 1830, he was elected to represent Portneuf in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
and was reelected in 1834. Although Huot supported constitutional reform and signed the Ninety-Two Resolutions
, he did not support the use of force, and he retired from provincial politics after the Lower Canada Rebellion
. He lobbied against the proposed union of Upper Canada
and Lower Canada in 1840. During his time in office, he was chair of a committee that studied education in Lower Canada and introduced a bill in 1836 establishing normal school
s in the province. He was elected to the municipal council for Quebec City in 1840 but resigned in 1842 to become registrar for Berthier County.
He died at Quebec City in 1846.
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 was born 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...
in 1803, the son of merchant François Huot
François Huot
François Huot was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Pierre-François Huot at Sainte-Foy in 1756, the son of a farmer. He is thought to have been employed as a servant before setting up a shop at Quebec City. Huot sold fabrics, clothing and other household goods...
, and studied 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 articled in law with Louis Lagueux
Louis Lagueux
Louis Lagueux was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in the town of Quebec in 1793, the son of merchant Louis Lagueux and Louise Bégin, whose father Charles Bégin served in the legislative assembly...
, was called to the bar in 1825 and set up practice at Quebec City. With others, Huot helped reestablish the newspaper Le Canadien
Le Canadien
Le Canadien was a French language newspaper published in Lower Canada from November 22, 1806 to March 14, 1810. Its motto was: "Nos institutions, notre langue et nos droits"...
in 1830. In 1830, he was elected to represent Portneuf 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...
and was reelected in 1834. Although Huot supported constitutional reform and signed the Ninety-Two Resolutions
Ninety-Two Resolutions
The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony....
, he did not support the use of force, and he retired from provincial politics after the Lower Canada Rebellion
Lower Canada Rebellion
The Lower Canada Rebellion , commonly referred to as the Patriots' War by Quebeckers, is the name given to the armed conflict between the rebels of Lower Canada and the British colonial power of that province...
. He lobbied against the proposed union of Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
and Lower Canada in 1840. During his time in office, he was chair of a committee that studied education in Lower Canada and introduced a bill in 1836 establishing normal school
Normal school
A normal school is a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose is to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name...
s in the province. He was elected to the municipal council for Quebec City in 1840 but resigned in 1842 to become registrar for Berthier County.
He died at Quebec City in 1846.