Edward Hale ( 1812 – October 15, 1862) was a member of the

Special Council of Lower Canada The Special Council of Lower Canada was an appointed body which administered Lower Canada until the Act of Union (1840), Union Act of 1840 created the Province of Canada. Following the Lower Canada Rebellion, on March 27, 1838, the Constitutional ...

that was formed in the aftermath of the

Lower Canada Rebellion The Lower Canada Rebellion (), commonly referred to as the Patriots' Rebellion () in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the colonial government of Lower Canada (now southern Quebec). Together wit ...

. He was the

seigneur A seigneur () or lord is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. The seigneur owned a seigneurie, seigneury, or lordship—a form of ...

of Portneuf, a ''seigneurie'' located around the present-day town of

Portneuf, Quebec Portneuf () is a municipality in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River, between Quebec City and Trois-Rivières. The Portneuf River runs on the east side of the to ...

. He was an officer in the militia who reached the rank of Major in 1830. He was appointed to the Special Council on August 1, 1839 and was a member until it was dissolved on February 10, 1841, when the Act of Union went into effect. He was the brother of John Hale, who was a longtime member of the

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, and the uncle of his namesake Edward Hale who was also appointed to the Special Council, on September 19, 1839.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Edward Year of birth unknown 1862 deaths Members of the Special Council of Lower Canada Seigneurial owners