Joseph Robillard, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Robillard

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1838

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1905

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Joseph Robillard (January 14, 1838 – October 13, 1905) was a farmer, navigator, merchant and political figure in Quebec.
He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1886 as a Conservative. He was born in Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie, Lower Canada, the son of Maurice Robillard and Marguerite Hilaire, dit Bonaventure, and was educated there.
Robillard became a navigator, then a farmer and merchant dealing in grain and hay at Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie then Montreal.
He was a member of the Montreal Board of Trade.
In 1873, Robillard married Annie de Lorimier.
He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in 1878; his election in 1880 was appealed but he won the subsequent by-election.
He was defeated by Louis Sylvestre when he ran for reelection in 1886.
Robillard died in Montréal and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in 1905; his body was later moved to a cemetery in Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie in 1912. He was the uncle of Joseph-Israël Tarte who was also a member of the Quebec assembly.