Louis Tellier (December 24, 1842 – June 17, 1935) was a

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lawyer, politician, and judge.

Biography

Born in Berthier-en-Haut, Canada East, the son of Zephirin and Luce (Ferland) Tellier, Tellier completed his classical education at Joliette College in

Joliette 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 G ...

Canada East Canada East () was the northeastern portion of the Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of ...

. He studied law with Hon.

Louis François Georges Baby Louis François Georges Baby, (August 26, 1832 – May 13, 1906) was a Canadian politician and judge. Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, he first ran for public office in the 1867 federal election in the Quebec riding of Joliette, but lost to ...

, Joliette, and finished with Hon. Hubert W. Chagnon, in

Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie r ...

. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1866, and practiced law in St. Hyacinthe. He was appointed a

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in 1882. From 1863 to 1873, he was Deputy Prothonotary of the Superior Court, and Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court for the district. From 1873 to 1878 he was a Crown Attorney. He was elected to the

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for St. Hyacinthe in the 1878 election; he then defeated

Honoré Mercier Honoré Mercier (October 15, 1840 – October 30, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician in Quebec. He was the ninth premier of Quebec from January 27, 1887, to December 21, 1891, as leader of the Parti National or Quebec Libera ...

who was running for the Liberal Party. A

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, he was defeated in the 1882 election. In 1887, he was made a Judge of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec for Saint-Hyacinthe district. In 1903, he was transferred to Montreal. Tellier retired from the bench in 1915. In 1868, Tellier married Hermine Malhiot. Louis Tellier is the brother of Sir

Joseph-Mathias Tellier Sir Joseph-Mathias Tellier (January 15, 1861 – October 18, 1952) was a Canadian politician and judge, born in Sainte-Mélanie, Canada East. Biography He was a Quebec Conservative Party leader, but never Premier (his party lost the 1912 e ...

, who is the father of Maurice Tellier, and the grandfather of

Paul Tellier Paul Mathias Tellier, (born 1939) is a Canadian businessman and former public servant and lawyer. Biography Born in Joliette, Quebec, Tellier earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Ottawa and his law degree from the Universit ...

. He is also a first cousin of Raymond Tellier, who is the grandfather of

Luc-Normand Tellier Luc-Normand Tellier (born October 10, 1944) is a Professor Emeritus in spatial economics of the University of Quebec at Montreal. Education and teaching After teaching for two years (1964–1966) at the Collège Saint-André of Kigali, Rwanda ...

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tellier, Louis 1842 births 1935 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Judges in Quebec Lawyers in Quebec Canadian King's Counsel 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada