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Hilaire Neveu
Hilaire Neveu (August 30, 1839 – July 10, 1913) was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Joliette (federal electoral district), Joliette in the House of Commons of Canada from 1889 to 1891 as a Nationalist/Liberal member. He was born in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Quebec, Kildare, Lower Canada, the son of Gouzagne Neveu and Henriette Farley, and educated at the model school there. In 1867, he married Armeline Ducharme. He served twenty years as mayor of Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, also serving as school commissioner and warden for Joliette County, Quebec, Joliette County for 15 years. Gervais, A Neveu was defeated by Édouard Guilbault in the 1887 Canadian federal election, 1887 federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilaire Neveu, Maire De Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare
Hilaire, the French form of Hilary (name), Hilary, is a given name and surname derived from the Latin ''hilarius'' meaning ''happy'' or ''merry''. Notable people with the name include: People with the surname * Andrew Hilaire (1899–1935), American jazz drummer * Laurent Hilaire (born 1962), French ballet dancer and ballet master * Max Hilaire (born 1985), Haitian professional footballer * Pierre-Marie Hilaire (born 1965), French athlete * Ronald Hilaire (born 1984), Canadian gridiron football player and coach * Vince Hilaire (born 1959), British professional footballer People with the given name * Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau (1859–1911), Canadian politician * Hilaire Babassana, Congolese politician and economist * Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953), Anglo-French writer * Hilaire de Barenton (1864–1946), French friar, linguist and historian * Hilaire du Berrier (1906–2002), American pilot, barnstormer, and spy * Hilaire de Chardonnet (1839–1924), French engineer and inventor of arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Canadian Federal Election
Events January * January 11 РLouis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Acad̩mie Nationale de M̩decine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the United States Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship '' Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 РBattle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. February * February 2 РThe first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 РThe Interstate Commerce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist MPs
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19th-century Mayors Of Places In Quebec
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The House Of Commons Of Canada From Quebec
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1913 Deaths
Events January * January РJoseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 РFirst Balkan War: Greece completes its Battle of Chios (1912), capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender. * January 13 РEdward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 18 РFirst Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos РGreek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 23 Р1913 Ottoman coup d'̩tat: Enver Pasha comes to power. February * February 1 РNew York City's Grand Central Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1839 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre. * January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years. * January 9 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the daguerreotype photography process. * January 19 – The British Aden Expedition captures Aden. * January 20 – Battle of Yungay: Chile defeats the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, leading to the restoration of an independent Peru. * January – The first parallax measurement of the distance to Alpha Centauri is published by Thomas Henderson. * February 11 – The University of Missouri is established, becoming the first public university west of the Mississippi River. * February 24 – William Otis receives a U.S. patent for the steam shovel. * March 5 – Longwood University is founded in Farmville, Virginia. * March 7 – Baltimore City College, the third public high school in the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urbain Lippé
Urbain Lipp̩ (July 21, 1831 РDecember 20, 1896) was a Quebec notary and political figure. He represented Joliette in the House of Commons of Canada from 1891 to 1896 as a Conservative member. He was born in L'Assomption, Lower Canada, of German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ... descent, and was educated at the college there. In 1870, he married Marie Louise L̬vesque. Lipp̩ served as clerk for the circuit courts for Joliette district and Joliette county and for the lower court (Cour des Commissaires) at St-Jean de Matha. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Guilbault
Édouard Guilbault (April 18, 1834 – July 8, 1903) was a manufacturer, merchant and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Joliette in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1888 as a Conservative then independent Conservative member. Life and work He was born in Ste-Mélanie, Lower Canada and was educated at the Collège Joliette. Guilbault served 33 years on the town council for Joliette, serving as mayor in 1875. He helped establish the agricultural society for Joliette County in 1854, serving as secretary and president for the society. His election to the House of Commons in 1882 was declared void but Guilbault won the by-election that followed later that year. He was elected again in 1887 by a single vote but that election was overturned after an appeal and he was defeated by Hilaire Neveu in the 1889 by-election which followed. Guilbault was one of the founders of the Society of Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers in 1884. He took part in a protest hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joliette County, Quebec
Joliette () is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greater Montreal. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages. Joliette has 3 Francophone high schools and 1 Anglophone high school, as well as the Joliette campus of the Cégep régional de Lanaudière. It was founded as L'Industrie by the businessman Barthélemy Joliette in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863, when it changed its name to Joliette. The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city. Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. History In 1803, the geographic township of Kildare was proclaimed, named after Kildare, Ireland. At the time, the land was granted as title deeds or as payment for professional services. For example, the Lord of Lavaltrie entrusted the central portion to Mr. Vondevelden to pay for his surveying fees. As for the northern portion, Major Beauchamp Colclough, Crown Commissioner and Land Agent, granted land to English soldiers in 1822. He intended to establish the Town of Kildare, but his dismissal delayed the development of the place. The first inhabitants came from Saint-Paul, Saint-Elizabeth, Lanoraie, and Berthier. Among the early settlers were also many Irish families, who cleared much land, built an English school, built a chapel, and a Protestant cemetery. In 1832, the Parish of Saint-Jacques-de-Kildare was founded, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
