Louis Chaboillez was a notary and politician in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Montreal East in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1804 to 1808.

He was born Joseph-Louis Chaboillez in Montreal

Montreal

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, the son of Louis-Joseph Chaboillez and Angélique Baby-Chenneville. He qualified to practice as a notary in 1787 and set up practice in Montreal. In 1789, he married Marguerite Conefroy. He served as a captain in the militia and a justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

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. After he retired from politics, he returned to practice as a notary. He also invested in real estate in Montreal. Chaboillez died in Montreal at the age of 46.

He was the nephew of Charles-Jean-Baptiste Chaboillez, who was involved in the fur trade.