Louis Turgeon (; April 10, 1762 – September 26, 1827) was a

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and political figure in

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. He was born in Beaumont, in the French colony of

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in 1762, studied at the

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, articled as a notary and was licensed to practice in 1792. He set up his office at Saint-Charles near

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. He was named a justice of the peace in Quebec district in 1794. In 1804, he was elected to the

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for

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, usually supporting the

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; he was reelected in 1808 and then in 1816. He served in the local militia during the

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, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1821. In 1818, he resigned his seat when he was appointed to the

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. He had inherited part of the seigneury of Beaumont in 1768 when his mother died; by 1819, he had become principal seigneur for Beaumont. He died in Saint-Charles in 1827. His daughter Marie-Ermine married

Louis-Michel Viger Louis-Michel Viger (; September 28, 1785 – May 27, 1855) was a lawyer, banker, businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada, and then in Canada East in the Province of Canada. Family and early life Viger was born in ...

. His cousin

Joseph-Ovide Turgeon Joseph-Ovide Turgeon (1797 – November 9, 1856) was a Quebec official and political figure. Early life and education He was born at Terrebonne in 1797, a cousin of Louis Turgeon, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. Ca ...

also served in the legislative assembly.

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