Lewis Arthur McConville was a lawyer, journalist and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Joliette

Joliette (electoral district)

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1880 to 1882 as a Conservative

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 member.

He was born in St-Paul de Joliette

Saint-Paul, Quebec

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, Canada East

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, the son of John McConville

John McConville

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, an Irish

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 immigrant, and Mary McKay. McConville was educated in Joliette and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He served as a member of the editorial staff for Le Nouveau Monde and founded L'Industrie at Joliette in 1876. In 1878, McConville married Josephte-Antonine Tarieu de Lanaudière, the daughter of a co-seigneur

Seigneurial system of New France

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 of Lavaltrie. He served on the municipal council for Joliette from 1879 to 1882. McConville was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1880 by-election held after Louis François Georges Baby

Louis François Georges Baby

Louis François Georges Baby, PC was a Canadian politician and judge.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he first ran for public office in the 1867 federal election in the Quebec riding of Joliette but lost to François Benjamin Godin. A Conservative, he was acclaimed in the 1872 elections. However he was...

 was named to the Quebec Court of Appeal. He died in Joliette at the age of 32 after a short illness.

McConville's wife entered a convent two years after the death of her husband. His brother Joseph-Norbert-Alfred McConville

Joseph-Norbert-Alfred McConville

Joseph-Norbert-Alfred McConville was a lawyer, newspaper owner and political figure in Quebec. He represented Joliette in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1885 to 1886 as a Conservative member....

served as a member of the Quebec provincial assembly.