- Louis Beaubien
Louis Beaubien (
1837-07-27 –1915-07-19 ) was a Canadian politician.Born in
Montreal ,Quebec , the son ofPierre Beaubien , a physician and politician, and Marie-Justine Casgrain, he was one of the founders of Outremont.In 1867, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Hochelaga. He was also elected to theCanadian House of Commons as the Conservative candidate for the Quebec riding of Hochelaga in the 1872 federal election. He resigned once it was no longer allow to hold both federal and provincial offices. He was re-elected in 1875, 1878, and acclaimed in 1881. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1876 to 1878. He did not run in the 1886 election. In 1891, he was named commissioner of agriculture and colonization in the cabinet ofCharles Boucher de Boucherville . He was acclaimed in the 1892 election. He would remain in this post in the cabinets ofLouis-Olivier Taillon andEdmund James Flynn . He was defeated in the 1897 election.In 1882, he was the 30th President of the
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal.In 1864, he married Suzanne Lauretta Stuart. They had four sons and four daughters, including
Charles-Philippe Beaubien , the Canadian senator. He is the grandfather ofLouis-Philippe Beaubien , also a Canadian senator. He was a cousin ofCharles Eusèbe Casgrain and, his son,Philippe Baby Casgrain .He died in 1915 and is buried in the
Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery .External links
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