- Pierre Beaubien
Pierre Beaubien (
August 13 1796 –January 9 1881 ) was a physician and political figure inCanada East .He was born in Baie-du-Febvre in 1796 and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet and the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He went to
France , where he studied at the Académie de Paris and later became a doctor in 1822. He worked in France, returned to Lower Canada in 1827 and received his license to practice medicine there the following year. He served as doctor to theSulpician s, as well as the Hôpital Général and Hôtel-Dieu inMontreal . Beaubien served on the city council for Montreal. He represented the city of Montreal in theLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1843 to 1844 and represented Chambly from 1848 to 1849. In 1849, he resigned to become medical superintendent at the Montreal prison; he served in that post until his death. Beaubien also taught at theMontreal School of Medicine and Surgery , becoming president of the school in the 1860s and served as public health officer for the city of Montreal.He died in Outremont in 1881. His son Louis served in the
Canadian House of Commons and theLegislative Assembly of Quebec .See also
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List of Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5363 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/b/beaup.htm Biography from Assemblée nationale du Québec] fr icon
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