Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault (September 6, 1832 – February 7, 1906) was a farmer,

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and political figure in

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. He represented L'Islet in the

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from 1867 to 1878 as a

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member.

Biography

He was born at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, the son of Antoine Gaspard Verreau and Hélène Fournier. Verreault was educated there and at the

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. He qualified to practise as a notary in 1860 and practised in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli and Monmagny. In 1863, he married Paméla Couillard Dupuis, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis. 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 (August 24, 1884 – March 11, 1967) 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. He was born in Saint-Roch-des ...

also served in the Quebec assembly. The community of Saint-Pamphile was named in his honour.''Itinéraire toponymique au cœur de l'arrière-pays''
, Histoire Québec, Juin 1998, Volume 4, Numéro 2

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verreault, Pamphile-Gaspard 1832 births 1906 deaths Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs 19th-century mayors of places in Quebec 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec