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Pierre Baillargeon (politician)
The Hon. Pierre Baillargeon | |
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| Senator for Stadacona, Quebec | |
| In office 1874–1891 | |
| Appointed by | Alexander Mackenzie |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau |
| Succeeded by | Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 8, 1812 Île-aux-Grues, Lower Canada |
| Died | December 15, 1891 (aged 79) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Pierre Baillargeon (November 8, 1812 – December 15, 1891) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He sat for Stadacona division in the Senate of Canada from 1874 to 1891.[1]
He was born in Île-aux-Grues, Lower Canada, the son of François Baillargeon and Marie-Louise Langlois dit Saint-Jean, and was educated at the Collège de Nicolet. Baillargeon received an MD from Harvard University. He was a member of the Boston Medical Society and a visiting physician at the Quebec General Hospital in Quebec City. In 1842,[2] he married Geneviève, the daughter of Joseph Painchaud.[3] Baillargeon died in office at the age of 79.
His brother Charles-François Baillargeon was archbishop of Quebec.
- ^ Pierre Baillargeon (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1887, AJ Gemmill
- ^ Painchaud Francoeur, Mimi (2001). La famille Painchaud (de Québec): deux siècles de mémoire (in French). pp. 66–7. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
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