Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1787

Place of Birth: Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1847

Profession: judge, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal

  • Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal (October 1, 1787 – February 17, 1847) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born Joseph-Rémi Vallières in Carleton in 1787, the son of a blacksmith, and moved to Windham Township in Upper Canada with his family in 1799.
  • After the death of his father, he moved to Quebec City, where he was tutored by Monsignor Joseph-Octave Plessis, and then studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec.
  • He studied law with Charles Thomas and then with Edward Bowen and qualified to practice in 1812.
  • He served as a lieutenant in the militia during the War of 1812.
  • He married Louise, the daughter of seigneur Pierre-Melchior Pezard de Champlain in 1812.
  • He acquired property at Quebec, was the main shareholder in a toll bridge over the Etchemin River, was a part-owner in a lumber business and owned a gristmill that he rented out in exchange for a large portion of its flour production.
  • He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Saint-Maurice in 1814, then represented the Upper Town of Quebec from 1820 to 1829.
  • Vallières de Saint-Réal was a moderate member of the parti canadien.
  • He opposed the union of Upper and Lower Canada proposed in 1822 and served as speaker from 1823 to 1825 during the absence of Louis-Joseph Papineau, who went to London to present the case against the union.
  • He helped found the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1824 and served as a vice-president. In 1829, he was named provincial judge at Trois-Rivières after the death of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard.
  • He was named resident judge in the Court of King’s Bench for Trois-Rivières district in 1830.
  • In 1836, he married Jane Keirnan, a widow, there; his first wife had died in 1829.
  • Vallières de Saint-Réal was named to the Executive Council in 1838.
  • He was suspended as a judge later that year because he issued a writ of habeas corpus shortly after habeas corpus had been suspended by colonial administrator Sir John Colborne.
  • He signed a petition against the Union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1840.
  • He was reinstated as a judge in August of that year and compensated for his loss of income during the suspension.
  • In 1842, he was named chief justice in the Court of King’s Bench for Montreal district. He died at Montreal in 1847.

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