Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau

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Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau (October 10, 1765 – March 9, 1842) was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada.

He was born at Saint-Pierre, Île d'Orléans in 1765, the son of and the grandson of court clerk and royal notary , and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. His studies were interrupted by the invasion of Quebec City by the Americans in 1775-6 and he completed his studies from 1778 to 1780. He qualified to practice as a notary in 1791. In the same year, he married Catherine, the daughter of seigneur . In 1792, Boisseau was elected to the 1st Parliament of Lower Canada for the island of Orléans. After his term in office, he resumed his practice as a notary at Saint-Vallier and then in the parish of Saint-Thomas at Montmagny.

Boisseau produced a series of memoirs between 1787 and 1789 that were published in 1907 as Mémoires de Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau.

He died at Saint-Thomas in 1842.

His daughter Catherine married Jean-Charles Létourneau, who later became a member of the legislative assembly.

External links[]

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  • "Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  • Les députés au premier Parlement du Bas-Canada (1792-1796), F-J Audet (1946)
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