Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier (July 27, 1860 – October 19, 1924) was a physician and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1900 to 1911 as a

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. Pelletier was

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from 1909 to 1911.

Biography

He was born in

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, the son of Joseph Pelletier and Henriette Martin. Pelletier was educated at the

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and the

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. He qualified as a physician in 1887 and, after interning in

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and

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, set up practice in

. Pelletier was surgeon at the Hôpital Sacré-Cœur and also served as

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for Saint-François district. In 1897, he was named to the Quebec Board of Health. He was a lieutenant in the

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with the 9th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles and served during the

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. He was later a captain and medical officer of the

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and later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel and first commanding officer of the newly raised

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. In 1888, he married Alice Hudon. Pelletier resigned his seat in the assembly in 1911 after he was named Quebec provincial representative in

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. He died in

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at the age of 64. His uncle

Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier Sir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, (January 22, 1837 – April 29, 1911) was a Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Biography Born in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower C ...

served in the Canadian House of Commons and as Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.

References

* * Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs 1860 births 1924 deaths Politicians from Bas-Saint-Laurent Canadian coroners Université Laval alumni Canadian Militia officers Les Voltigeurs de Québec officers Canadian military doctors 7th/11th Hussars officers 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub