Canadian Politician. A native of Montréal (Québec), he studied first in his hometown then, in 1791, he went to continue its studies in England. In 1799, upon his return to Canada, he involved himself in the training of the fur trade, in the West, on behalf of the North West Company (NWC). He was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the district of Montréal in 1804; in that house, he supported the party of the Bureaucrats. He didn't represent himself in 1808. He was candidate in the district of Dorchester in 1810, but he withdrew his candidacy before the closing of the polls. He served as Justice of the Peace for the districts of Trois-Rivières and Quebec. Officer of militia in the district of Trois-Rivières, he was also the paying officer of a battalion in 1815 and, the same year, he served first as provincial aide-de-camp of the administrator Gordon Drummond, then of Governor John Coape Sherbrooke in 1816. Always engaged infur trading, he made frequent stays in the areas of the North-West. He took part in the armed struggle between the NWC and the Hudson' s Bay Company, in 1817, at Île-à-la-Crosse, in Saskatchewan. In June 1819, at the Grand rapids, in Manitoba, he was wounded and made captive. He succeeded in escaping on September 30 and returned to the city of Québec, where he died less than two years later.
Canadian Politician. A native of Montréal (Québec), he studied first in his hometown then, in 1791, he went to continue its studies in England. In 1799, upon his return to Canada, he involved himself in the training of the fur trade, in the West, on behalf of the North West Company (NWC). He was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the district of Montréal in 1804; in that house, he supported the party of the Bureaucrats. He didn't represent himself in 1808. He was candidate in the district of Dorchester in 1810, but he withdrew his candidacy before the closing of the polls. He served as Justice of the Peace for the districts of Trois-Rivières and Quebec. Officer of militia in the district of Trois-Rivières, he was also the paying officer of a battalion in 1815 and, the same year, he served first as provincial aide-de-camp of the administrator Gordon Drummond, then of Governor John Coape Sherbrooke in 1816. Always engaged infur trading, he made frequent stays in the areas of the North-West. He took part in the armed struggle between the NWC and the Hudson' s Bay Company, in 1817, at Île-à-la-Crosse, in Saskatchewan. In June 1819, at the Grand rapids, in Manitoba, he was wounded and made captive. He succeeded in escaping on September 30 and returned to the city of Québec, where he died less than two years later.
Bio by: Guy Gagnon
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