- Pierre-Alexis Tremblay
Pierre-Alexis ("Pitre") Tremblay (
December 27 1827 –January 4 1879 ) was a surveyor andQuebec political figure. He was a Liberal member of theCanadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1875 and 1878 to 1879.He was born at La Malbaie,
Lower Canada in 1827 and studied at thePetit Séminaire of Quebec . Near the end of 1853, he began carrying out surveys in the Saguenay region. As a journalist, he contributed to a number of newspapers of the time: "Le Canadien", "La Nation", "Le National", "L’Événement" and "L’Éclaireur". He was elected toLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada forChicoutimi—Saguenay in an 1865 by-election. In 1867, he was elected to both theNational Assembly of Quebec and the House of Commons in the same riding. He was reelected in Charlevoix both provincially (in 1871) and federally (in 1872); he resigned from the Quebec seat in 1874 when holding seats in both legislatures became illegal. His election in Charlevoix was invalidated in August 1875. He was defeated in a by-election held in 1876 but was able to overturn this result in theSupreme Court of Canada in 1877 by demonstrating that the Quebec clergy had exerted undue influence against him during the election. He represented Charlevoix federally from 1878 until his death inQuebec City in 1879.From 1862 to 1868, he was involved with Félicité Angers, better known as the author
Laure Conan , but he married Mary Ellen Connoly in 1870.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5300 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=16696&s=M Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/FRA/Membres/notices/t-u/TREMPA.htm Biography from Assemblée nationale du Québec] fr icons-ttl|title=
Member of Parliament forChicoutimi—Saguenay
years=1867–1872s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Charlevoix
years=1872–1876s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Charlevoix
years=1878–1879
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