Joseph Bédard (Lower Canada politician)
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Joseph Bédard was a politician in Lower Canada
. He represented York from 1800 to 1904 and Surrey from 1810 to 1814 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
.
He was born in Quebec City
, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard and Marie-Josephte Thibault, and was educated at the Petit séminaire de Québec
. Bédard went on to study law, was called to the bar in 1796 and set up practice in Montreal
. In 1803, he married Marie-Geneviève-Scholastique Hubert-Lacroix. He did not run for reelection in 1804 or in 1814. Bédard served as a lieutenant in the militia, later reaching the rank of captain. He took part in the protests against the proposed union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1822. In 1829 and again in 1831, he was named King's Counsel. He died in Montreal at the age of 58.
His brother Pierre-Stanislas Bédard
and his nephews Elzéar Bédard
and Joseph-Isidore Bédard
also served in the assembly. His daughter Marie-Stéphanie married Joseph Bourret
.
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 York from 1800 to 1904 and Surrey from 1810 to 1814 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...
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He was born in 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...
, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard and Marie-Josephte Thibault, 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...
. Bédard went on to study law, was called to the bar in 1796 and set up practice in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. In 1803, he married Marie-Geneviève-Scholastique Hubert-Lacroix. He did not run for reelection in 1804 or in 1814. Bédard served as a lieutenant in the militia, later reaching the rank of captain. He took part in the protests against the proposed union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1822. In 1829 and again in 1831, he was named King's Counsel. He died in Montreal at the age of 58.
His brother Pierre-Stanislas Bédard
Pierre-Stanislas Bédard
Pierre-Stanislas Bédard was a lawyer, judge, journalist and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Charlesbourg in 1762, descended from French ancestors who had first arrived in New France before 1660. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, articled in law and was called to the bar...
and his nephews Elzéar Bédard
Elzéar Bédard
Elzéar Bédard was a lawyer and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. He later became a judge.He was born at Quebec City in 1799, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard...
and Joseph-Isidore Bédard
Joseph-Isidore Bédard
Joseph-Isidore Bédard was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1806, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He articled in law with Georges-Barthélemi Faribault and was called to the bar in 1829...
also served in the assembly. His daughter Marie-Stéphanie married Joseph Bourret
Joseph Bourret
Joseph Bourret was a 19th century Canadian lawyer, banker and politician.Bourret was educated at the Classical College at Nicolet, Quebec. After clerking for three years for his uncle, Bourret was admitted to the bar in 1823. He practiced law at his uncle's office for ten years...
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