Jean-Élie Gingras (June 5, 1804 – April 13, 1891) was a navigator, ship-builder, and politician in

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, Canada.Quebec National Assembly - Québec Dictionary of Parliamentary Biography, from 1764 to the present: Jean-Élie Gingras.
/ref> Born in 1804 in

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, Gingras became a navigator, and then eventually moved into ship-building. He became a member of Trinity House, Quebec.Donald Fyson, Evelyn Kolish and Virginia Schweitzer, "The Court Structure of Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764 to 1860: Trinity Houses" (Montreal: Montreal History Group, 1994/1997/2019).
/ref> Gingras served two terms on the municipal council of Quebec, in 1850 and 1851. In 1864 he was elected to the

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, for the division of Stadacona. He held that seat until Confederation in 1867, when he was appointed to the

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for the division of the Laurentides, as a supporter of the

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. He held the seat until 1887, when he resigned. Gingras was married three times: to Reine Labbé in 1826; Caroline Lacroix in 1856; and to Marie-Rébecca Godbout in 1887. He died in 1891 at Quebec.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gingras, Jean-Élie 1804 births 1891 deaths Conservative Party of Quebec MLCs Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada Members of the Legislative Council of Quebec Politicians from Quebec City