Honoré Robillard (January 12, 1835 – June 13, 1914) was a Liberal-Conservative Member of the

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for Ottawa City from 1887 to 1896 and a provincial Conservative Member of the

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for Russell from 1883 to 1886. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature by defeating his brother,

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, who was the Liberal candidate. He was born in Saint-Eustache in

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in 1835, the son of Antoine Robillard and Émilie Loriau, and studied in

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. At the age of 17, he left for the gold fields of

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, returning to Canada in 1858, by way of England. Robillard married Philomène Barrette in 1860. In 1862, he travelled to

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, again in search of gold, and was employed in building the first wagon road in the province. Robillard returned to Ottawa in 1864 by way of

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. He was involved in the operation of quarries, providing material for construction in Gloucester Township. He served as reeve for the township in 1873. Robillard was also a lieutenant in the militia and a justice of the peace. In 1879, he married Marie E.G. Richer after the death of his first wife. In 1883, Robillard became the first

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member of the Ontario Legislature. He died in Ottawa at the age of 79.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robillard 1835 births 1914 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Franco-Ontarian people Mayors and reeves of Gloucester Township, Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Canadian justices of the peace 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario