Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
About Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard
- Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard (June 18, 1850 – November 27, 1928) was a lawyer, railroad company executive and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Dorchester in the House of Commons of Canada from 1888 to 1891 as a Nationalist Conservative member. He was born in Quebec City, the son of Honoré-Julien Chouinard and Marie Elisabeth Célina Pelletier.
- Chouinard was educated at the Collège Sainte-Anne, the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval.
- He was called to the Quebec bar in 1873.
- In 1884, he married Marie Louise Isabelle Juchereau Duchesnay, the daughter of seigneur Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay.
- He served as a member of the council for Quebec City.
- Chouinard was one of the founders of the newspaper La Justice.
- He was vice-president of the Quebec and Lac Saint-Jean Railway.
- Chouinard was also president of Le Club Cartier de Québec, the Quebec Geographical Society, L'Institut Canadien de Québec and La Societé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Québec.
- He ran unsuccessfully in the federal riding of L'Islet in 1882.
- Chouinard was elected to the House of Commons in an 1888 by-election held after the death of his brother-in-law Henri-Jules Juchereau Duchesnay. He served as clerk for the city of Quebec from 1890 to 1927.
- Chouinard published a number of works including Histoire de la Societé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Québec.
- He was one of the first to advocate a major celebration for the tricentennial of Quebec City in 1908 and the establishment of a park on the Plains of Abraham.
- He died at Quebec City at the age of 78.
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