Joseph-André Taschereau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Sainte-Marie, Quebec, Canada
About Joseph-André Taschereau
- Joseph-André Taschereau, (November 30, 1806–March 30, 1867), was a lawyer, politician, and lastly, a judge.
- He was born at Sainte-Marie, Quebec.
- The son of Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau was a quiet child who early in life discovered a passion for the law.
- He was educated at home and then articled and was admitted to the bar of Lower Canada in 1828 along with his brother Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau. Joseph-André had less than a year of joint practice in Quebec City with his brother, Pierre-Elzéar, who in 1826 had inherited his father’s seigneury, returned to the manor at Sainte-Marie.
- He continued his practice from 1830 to 1835 and then entered politics back in his home riding of Beauce.
- He was a maverick in the Taschereau clan, representing quite different points of view from his political relatives. He was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1835 to 1838.
- In 1845, he won a by-election to become a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, filling the seat left vacant by the death of Pierre-Elzéar; he resigned when he was made a circuit judge in 1847.
- In 1857 he was named judge of the Quebec Superior Court for the District of Kamouraska, where he had gone to live in 1852.
- He died in Kamouraska, Quebec at the age of 60 years. A bachelor, he devoted his life to politics and the law.
- As a lawyer and judge, Taschereau excelled and his achievements put him on a level with other notables in this remarkable family.
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