Léon Rousseau
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Léon Rousseau was a farm owner and political figure in Canada East
. He represented Yamaska
in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
from 1844 to 1848.
He was born in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
, the son of Joseph Rousseau and Josephte Trudel, and studied medicine in the United States
. Rousseau was authorized to practise medicine in Lower Canada
in 1822 and set up practice in Yamaska
. He also was involved in agriculture and served as a justice of the peace
. In 1824, he married Agnès-Élizabeth, the daughter of Joseph-Marie Godefroy de Tonnancour
. Rousseau did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1848. He died in Yamaska at the age of 71.
Canada East
Canada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....
. He represented Yamaska
Yamaska (electoral district)
Yamaska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada....
in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...
from 1844 to 1848.
He was born in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Quebec
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada....
, the son of Joseph Rousseau and Josephte Trudel, and studied medicine in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Rousseau was authorized to practise medicine 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...
in 1822 and set up practice in Yamaska
Yamaska, Quebec
Yamaska is a municipality in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,643.-Population:Population trend...
. He also was involved in agriculture and served as a justice of the peace
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
. In 1824, he married Agnès-Élizabeth, the daughter of Joseph-Marie Godefroy de Tonnancour
Joseph-Marie Godefroy de Tonnancour
Joseph-Marie Godefroy de Tonnancour was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Trois-Rivières in 1750, the son of Louis-Joseph Godefroy de Tonnancour, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and then at the Collège Louis-le-Grand in Paris and Oxford University. He...
. Rousseau did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1848. He died in Yamaska at the age of 71.