Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1832

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1906

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault (September 6, 1832 – February 7, 1906) was a farmer, notary and political figure in Quebec.
He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878 as a Conservative member. He was born at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, the son of Antoine Gaspard Verreau and Hélène Fournier.
Verreault was educated there and at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière.
He qualified to practise as a notary in 1860 and practised in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli and Monmagny.
In 1863, he married Paméla Couillard Dupuis, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis.
Verreault was mayor of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli from 1880 to 1893 and warden for L'Islet County from 1882 to 1893.
He also helped found the Société d'horticulture de L'Islet and was a founder and secretary-treasurer of the Institut littéraire et scientifique de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.
He died in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli at the age of 73. His nephew Louis-Auguste Dupuis also served in the Quebec assembly. The community of Saint-Pamphile was named in his honour.