Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault
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Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault (September 6, 1832 – February 7, 1906) was a farmer, notary
Civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...

 and political figure in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. He represented L'Islet
L'Islet (provincial electoral district)
L'Islet was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. It was formed in 1867 and was merged with Montmagny in 1972 to form Montmagny-L'Islet.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature until 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished...

 from 1867 to 1878 as a Conservative member.

He was born at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli is a village in the Regional County Municipality of L'Islet within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River and is the county seat. The village is located off the Trans-Canada Highway, Autoroute 20...

, the son of Antoine Gaspard Verreau and Hélène Fournier. Verreault was educated there and at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. He qualified to practise as a notary in 1860 and practised in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli and Monmagny
Montmagny, Quebec
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. In 1863, he married Paméla Couillard Dupuis, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis
Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis
Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1881 as a Liberal....

. Verreault was mayor of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli from 1880 to 1893 and warden for L'Islet County from 1882 to 1893. He also helped found the Société d'horticulture de L'Islet and was a founder and secretary-treasurer of the Institut littéraire et scientifique de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. He died in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli at the age of 73.

His nephew Louis-Auguste Dupuis
Louis-Auguste Dupuis
Louis-Auguste Dupuis was an educator, notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented Kamouraska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1909 to 1912 as a Liberal....

 also served in the Quebec assembly.

The community of Saint-Pamphile
Saint-Pamphile, Quebec
Saint-Pamphile is a ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative district. While the official municipal territory ends at the US-Canada border located at the eastern end of town, there is a tiny hamlet located...

was named in his honour.
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