Pierre-Amable de Bonne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pierre-Amable de Bonne

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1758

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1816

Profession: judge, politician, jurist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Pierre-Amable de Bonne

  • Pierre-Amable de Bonne (November 25, 1758 – September 6, 1816) was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Montreal in 1758, the son of Louis de Bonne de Missègle (1717-1760), Chevalier de Saint-Louis, and studied at a college operated by the Sulpicians, then the Collège Saint-RaphaĂ«l and the Petit SĂ©minaire de QuĂ©bec.
  • He served in the militia defending the town of Quebec during the siege by the Americans in 1775-6.
  • He participated in the campaign at Lake Champlain, becoming lieutenant, and was taken prisoner in 1777 at the Battle of Saratoga.
  • De Bonne continued to serve in the militia after this time, becoming colonel in 1809.
  • He studied law at Montreal and qualified as a lawyer and notary in 1780. De Bonne inherited the seigneury of Sault-Sainte-Marie from his father; he acquired additional properties over the years.
  • In 1781, he married Louise, daughter of Michel Chartier de Lotbinière; they separated by mutual consent in 1782.
  • In 1788, he was named a justice of the peace.
  • De Bonne was a director of the Théâtre de SociĂ©tĂ©, formed in Montreal in 1789.
  • He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for York in 1792; he was elected again in Trois-Rivières in 1796 and then again in 1800.
  • He was then elected in Quebec County in 1804, 1808 and 1809.
  • In the assembly, de Bonne was among those supporting the use of French as well as English by the assembly.
  • In 1794, he was named to the Executive Council, serving until his death.
  • De Bonne helped found the newspaper Le Courier de QuĂ©bec, which opposed the Parti canadien. In 1794, he was appointed judge in the Court of Common Pleas and in the Court of King’s Bench for Quebec district.
  • As a judge, he supported the continued use of French civil law.
  • The Parti canadien on a number of occasions attempted to introduced legislation prohibiting judges from sitting in the legislature; this was in part aimed at de Bonne.
  • In 1809, Lieutenant-governor James Henry Craig dissolved parliament as a result.
  • In 1810, the assembly voted to declare his seat vacant.
  • Again, the governor dissolved parliament.
  • De Bonne retired as a judge in 1812. In 1805, de Bonne had married again after his first wife died in 1802.
  • He died at his estate in Beauport in 1816 and apparently left his estate to a relative.
  • His second wife was unable to secure a pension from the government after de Bonne's death and committed suicide in a hospital for the insane in 1848.

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