Achille-Ferdinand Carrier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
About Achille-Ferdinand Carrier
- Achille-Ferdinand Carrier (February 15, 1859 – March 21, 1930) was a lawyer, judge, and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Gaspé in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 as a Liberal. He was born in Saint-Roch, Canada East, the son of Ferdinand Carrier and Mary Ann Donahue, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval.
- Carrier was called to the Quebec bar in 1882.
- He was also a member of the Minnesota bar and practised in Minneapolis in 1885 and 1886.
- Carrier was the editor of the L'Écho de l'Ouest, a French-Canadian newspaper in Minneapolis.
- He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1887.
- Carrier was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1892; he also ran unsuccessfully for the Terrebonne seat in 1897.
- He served as judge in the Magistrate's Court for Terrebonne, Joliette and Ottawa districts from 1898 to 1924.
- Carrier died in Quebec City at the age of 71. He was the uncle of Oscar Lefebvre Boulanger.
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