Joseph-Bernard Planté
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Joseph-Bernard Planté was a notary
and political figure in Lower Canada
.
He was born in Pointe-aux-Trembles
in 1768 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec
. He articled as a notary with Jean-Antoine Panet
and then Olivier Perrault
, qualified to practice in 1788 and set up practice at Quebec City
. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
for Hampshire in 1796 and was reelected in 1800 and 1804. In 1808, he was elected to represent Kent in the assembly. In 1801, he was named commissioner for the relief of the insane and foundlings. He was appointed clerk of the land roll in 1802 and inspector general of the royal domain in 1803. In 1808, Governor James Henry Craig
removed those appointments because he took part in founding the newspaper Le Canadien
. Planté was named a justice of the peace for Quebec district in 1810. He served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1812. He was a director of the Union Company of Quebec which operated the Union Hotel. Planté also served as vice-president of the Quebec Fire Assurance Company and of the Quebec Savings Bank.
He died at Quebec City in 1826 and was buried at Sainte-Foy
.
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...
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He was born in Pointe-aux-Trembles
Neuville, Quebec
Neuville is a village on the north shore of the Saint Laurence River, just west of Quebec City, part of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1684, and has remained quite picturesque throughout these years....
in 1768 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 as a notary with Jean-Antoine Panet
Jean-Antoine Panet
Jean-Antoine Panet was a notary, lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec in 1751, the son of Jean-Claude Panet. He served in the militia defending the town of Quebec during the American Revolution and he later attained the rank of ieutenant-colonel in the...
and then Olivier Perrault
Olivier Perrault
Olivier Perrault was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada. He was also sometimes known as Jean-Baptiste-Olivier Perrault....
, qualified to practice in 1788 and set up practice 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 was elected to 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...
for Hampshire in 1796 and was reelected in 1800 and 1804. In 1808, he was elected to represent Kent in the assembly. In 1801, he was named commissioner for the relief of the insane and foundlings. He was appointed clerk of the land roll in 1802 and inspector general of the royal domain in 1803. In 1808, Governor James Henry Craig
James Henry Craig
General Sir James Henry Craig KB was a British military officer and colonial administrator.-Early life and military service:...
removed those appointments because he took part in founding 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"...
. Planté was named a justice of the peace for Quebec district in 1810. He served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1812. He was a director of the Union Company of Quebec which operated the Union Hotel. Planté also served as vice-president of the Quebec Fire Assurance Company and of the Quebec Savings Bank.
He died at Quebec City in 1826 and was buried at Sainte-Foy
Sainte-Foy, Quebec
Sainte-Foy is a former city in central Quebec, Canada on the Saint Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into Quebec City on January 1, 2002. Most of Sainte-Foy is in the Borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge....
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