Dominique Mondelet (seigneur), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dominique Mondelet (seigneur)

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1799

Date of Death: 19-Feb-1863

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Dominique Mondelet (seigneur)

  • Dominique Mondelet (January 23, 1799 – February 19, 1863) was a lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, the son of notary Jean-Marie Mondelet, and studied at the Collège de Montréal.
  • He articled in law with Michael O'Sullivan, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and set up practice in Montreal.
  • Mondelet served as major in the local militia from 1820 to 1827.
  • He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Montreal County as a moderate Reformer in an 1831 by-election held after the death of Joseph Perrault.
  • In 1832, he was named King's Counsel.
  • Also in 1832, he was named an honorary member of the Executive Council and he was expelled from his seat by a vote of the assembly.
  • Mondelet was later named to the Special Council that administered the province after the Lower Canada Rebellion.
  • In 1839, he was named judge in the Court of Queen’s Bench at Trois-Rivières.
  • Mondelet inherited the seigneuries of Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska (also known as Yamaska) and Boucherville.
  • In 1850, he was named to the Superior Court at Trois-Rivières. He married Harriet Munro, granddaughter of Captain John Munro.
  • His daughter Émilie-Emma married Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, who later became a Canadian senator; their daughter Henriette Dessaulles became a noted writer and journalist.
  • His brother Charles-Elzéar was also a lawyer and a judge. Mondelet translated the Canadian Boat Song by Thomas Moore into French.
  • He died of a stroke at Trois-Rivières in 1863.

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