Jean Bouffard
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Jean Bouffard was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada
. He represented Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
from 1832 to 1838.
He was born at Saint-Laurent
on Île d'Orléans
, the son of Jean Bouffard and Marie Noël. Bouffard apprenticed as a notary at Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon and set up practice there after qualifying to practice in 1830. In 1831, he married Catherine Pepin dit Lachance. He was named school inspector for Dorchester County in 1832 and commissioner for the Court of Minor Causes in 1837. Bouffard was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1832 by-election held after the death of Louis Lagueux
. He voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions
. He died at Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon at the age of 42.
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...
. He represented Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791...
from 1832 to 1838.
He was born at Saint-Laurent
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality. It is situated on the south side of Orléans Island....
on Île d'Orléans
Île d'Orléans
Île d'Orléans is located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The island was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ancestry to early residents of the island...
, the son of Jean Bouffard and Marie Noël. Bouffard apprenticed as a notary at Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon and set up practice there after qualifying to practice in 1830. In 1831, he married Catherine Pepin dit Lachance. He was named school inspector for Dorchester County in 1832 and commissioner for the Court of Minor Causes in 1837. Bouffard was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1832 by-election held after the death of 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...
. He voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions
Ninety-Two Resolutions
The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony....
. He died at Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon at the age of 42.