Simon Labrosse
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Ontario
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businessman and political figure. He represented Prescott
Prescott (electoral district)
Prescott was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953. It wasd located in the province of Ontario...
in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
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as an independent Conservative member (some sources say Liberal) from 1882 to 1891.
He was born in Saint-Benoît
Saint-Benoît, Quebec
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, Lower Canada
Lower Canada
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in 1836, the son of Pierre Labrosse. He married Marie Ethier in 1861. He was a merchant at St. Eugene, also serving on the council and as reeve for East Hawkesbury Township and as warden in 1874 for Prescott and Russell counties
Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario
The United Counties of Prescott and Russell are consolidated counties located in the Canadian province of Ontario. As of 2006, the population is 80,184. Its county seat is L'Orignal, Ontario. It was created as a result of a merger between Russell County and Prescott County in 1820...
. Labrosse was also postmaster for St. Eugene from 1862 to 1882. He ran unsuccessfully against Albert Hagar
Albert Hagar
Albert Hagar was a Canadian merchant and politician.Born in North Plantagenet Township, Upper Canada , the son of Abner Hagar, a former Montreal merchant, and Hannah P. Barker, he was educated in Vermont and became a farmer, merchant and lumber dealer and owned a sawmill and gristmill at Plantagenet...
for a seat in the provincial legislative in an 1881 by-election. He defeated Félix Routhier
Félix Routhier
Félix Routhier was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Prescott in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1878 to 1882....
in 1882 and 1887 for the seat in the federal parliament.
He died in East Hawkesbury Township at the age of 60.
His son Louis-Joseph
Louis-Joseph Labrosse
Louis-Joseph Labrosse was an Ontario notary and political figure. He represented Prescott in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1908....
represented Prescott in the provincial assembly.