Joseph-Ovide Turgeon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
About Joseph-Ovide Turgeon
- Joseph-Ovide Turgeon (1797 – November 9, 1856) was a Quebec official and political figure. He was born at Terrebonne in 1797, a cousin of Louis Turgeon, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal.
- He travelled in the United States before settling again at Terrebonne.
- He was named commissioner in charge of extending the Effingham road to Killkenny in 1830.
- Turgeon was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Effingham in 1824 as a member of the parti canadien and was reelected in 1827.
- In 1830, he was elected again, this time in Terrebonne.
- Turgeon voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions.
- He was appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in 1848 and died at Terrebonne while still in office in 1856. His daughter later married Charles Laberge, a member of the Legislative Assembly, and his son married the adopted daughter of Amable Berthelot.
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