Wilfrid Prévost

Wilfrid Prévost
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Two Mountains
In office 1872–1875
Preceded by	Jean-Baptiste Daoust
Succeeded by	Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Rigaud
In office 1888–1898
Preceded by	Eustache Prud'homme
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born	(1832-04-30)April 30, 1832 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada
Died	February 15, 1898(1898-02-15) (aged 65) Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Political party	Liberal

Wilfrid Prévost (April 30, 1832 – February 15, 1898) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Two Mountains in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1875.

He was born in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada in 1832 and studied at the Collège Saint-Sulpice at Montreal, the and the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. Prévost articled in law and was admitted to the bar in 1853. He practiced at Terrebonne, Sainte-Scholastique, Montreal and Saint-Jérôme. He was named Queen's Counsel in 1878. Prevost served several terms as mayor for Sainte-Scholastique and was also warden for . He was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Rigaud division in 1888. He died at Saint-Jérôme in 1898 and was buried at Terrebonne.

His son Jean was a member of the Quebec legislative assembly and served in the provincial cabinet. His older brother Gédéon-Mélasippe served in the legislative assembly of the Province of Canada.

External links[]

• Wilfrid Prévost – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.