Ulysse-Janvier Robillard

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Ulysse-Janvier Robillard
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Beauharnois
In office
1872–1878
Preceded byMichael Cayley
Succeeded byMichael Cayley
Personal details
Born1826
Ste-Geneviève, Lower Canada
DiedJanuary 1, 1900
Political partyIndependent Conservative

Ulysse-Janvier Robillard (1826 – January 1, 1900) was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada, later Quebec, Canada. He represented Beauharnois in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1878 as an Independent Conservative.[1]

He was born in Ste-Geneviève, Lower Canada,[1] the son of Joseph Robillard, and was educated there.[2] Robillard was mayor of Beauharnois from 1864 to 1866.[1] He was a produce and grain merchant[2] in Beauharnois. Robillard was married twice: first to Eulalie Paiement and then to Marie-Virginie Lanaud in 1871. He died in Montreal at the age of 74.[3]

1872 Canadian federal election: Beauharnois
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Independent Conservative Ulysse-Janvier Robillard 854
  Conservative Michael Cayley 764
1874 Canadian federal election: Beauharnois
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Independent Conservative Ulysse-Janvier Robillard 711
  Unknown M. Branchaud 346
  Conservative Désiré Girouard 314

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Ulysse-Janvier Robillard – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ a b The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1878, CH Mackintosh
  3. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.


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