Étienne-Claude Lagueux was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1814 to 1824 and from 1827 to 1830.

He was born Claude-Joseph Lagueux in Cap-Saint-Ignace

Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec

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, the son of Pierre Lagueux and Marie Tremblay. In 1789, he married Cécile Grihault dit Larivière. Lagueux did not run for reelection in 1824 or in 1830. He died in Quebec City

Quebec City

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 at the age of 76.

His nephew Louis Lagueux

Louis Lagueux

Louis Lagueux was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in the town of Quebec in 1793, the son of merchant Louis Lagueux and Louise Bégin, whose father Charles Bégin served in the legislative assembly...

 also served in the assembly. His wife's sister Angèle married John Cannon

John Cannon (politician)

John Cannon was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland around 1783, the son of Edward Cannon, a master mason who had immigrated from Ireland...

, another member of the assembly.