Henri-Jules Juchereau Duchesnay (July 6, 1845 – July 6, 1887) was a lawyer, farmer and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Dorchester

Dorchester (electoral district)

Dorchester was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved the existing electoral districts in Lower Canada at the time...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in 1887 as a Nationalist Conservative

Nationalist Conservative

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 member.

He was born in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce

Sainte-Marie, Quebec

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, Canada East

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, the son of seigneur

Seigneurial system of New France

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 Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay

Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay

Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay was a seigneur, lawyer and political figure in Canada East. He also served in the Senate of Canada from 1867 until his death....

 and Élisabeth-Suzanne Taschereau, who was the daughter of Jean-Thomas Taschereau

Jean-Thomas Taschereau (1778-1832)

Jean-Thomas Taschereau was a son of Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau and Marie-Louise-Élizabeth Bazin. He was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and politician....

. He was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Québec

Petit Séminaire de Québec

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, the Université Laval

Université Laval

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 and McGill University

McGill University

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. Juchereau Duchesnay was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1866 and first practised in Quebec City

Quebec City

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, later moving back to Sainte-Marie. In 1869, he married Caroline Têtu. He was named a lieutenant-colonel in the militia and also served as stipendiary magistrate for Beauce County, inspector of mines in the Beauce region, mayor of Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce and warden for Beauce County. In 1882, he established a local creamery

Creamery

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, which had what are believed to be the first centrifugal cream separators installed in North America. In 1885, Juchereau Duchesnay spoke against the execution of Louis Riel

Louis Riel

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. After being elected in the 1887 federal election

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, he died in office at Sainte-Marie later that same year of typhoid fever

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 at the age of 42.

He was succeeded in the House of Commons by his brother-in-law Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard

Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard

Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard was a lawyer, railroad company executive and political figure in Quebec. He represented Dorchester in the Canadian House of Commons from 1888 to 1891 as a Nationalist Conservative member.He was born in Quebec City, the son of Honoré-Julien Chouinard and Marie...

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