Jean Archambault (14 December 1780 – 1831) was a farmer and political figure in
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...
. He represented Leinster in the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1800 to 1808. His name also appears as Jean-Baptiste Archambault.
He was born in
L'Assomption
L'Assomption () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption. It is located on the outer fringes of the Montreal urban area.
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, the son of Jean Archambault and Françoise Beaudry. In 1806, he married Marie-Josephte Payet, dit Saint-Amour. He did not run for reelection in 1808. Archambault died in
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan is a Quebec municipality located in the Montcalm Regional County Municipality located in the Lanaudière region. It is on the banks of the Achigan River, a tributary of the L'Assomption River. According to the town's websit ...
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1780 births
1831 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
People from Lanaudière