Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier
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Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier (July 27, 1860 – October 19, 1924) was a physician and political figure in Quebec
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. He represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
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 from 1900 to 1911 as a Liberal. Francoeur was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
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 from 1909 to 1911.

He was born in Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec
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, the son of Joseph Pelletier and Henriette Martin. Pelletier was educated at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the Université Laval
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. He qualified as a physician in 1887 and, after interning in New York City
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 and Paris
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, set up practice in Sherbrooke. Pelletier was surgeon at the Hôpital Sacré-Cœur and also served as coroner for Saint-François district. In 1897, he was named to the Quebec Board of Health. He was a lieutenant in the militia and served during the North-West Rebellion
North-West Rebellion
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, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1888, he married Alice Hudon. Pelletier resigned his seat in the assembly in 1911 after he was named Quebec provincial representative in London
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. He died in Quebec City
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 at the age of 64.

His uncle Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
Sir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, KCMG, PC was a Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec....

served in the Canadian House of Commons and as Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.

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