Timothée Brodeur was a 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 Canada East

Canada East

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. He represented Bagot

Bagot (electoral district)

Bagot was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and was amalgamated into the St...

 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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 from 1854 to 1858 as a Reformer.

He was born in Varennes

Varennes, Quebec

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, the son of Toussaint Brodeur and Archange Fournier-Préfontaine. He received his commission as a notary in 1826 and practised in Saint-Hugues

Saint-Hugues, Quebec

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 until 1861. Brodeur also served as postmaster, justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

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and commissioner for the summary trial of minor causes. He was an officer in the militia, serving first as captain and later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1853, he married Louise Sénécal. His election in 1854 was overturned on appeal in September but he was elected again in the by-election held the following month. Brodeur did not run for reelection in 1854. He died at Saint-Hugues at the age of 57.