- André Jobin
André Jobin (
August 8 1786 –October 11 1853 ) was aQuebec notary and political figure.He was born in
Montreal in 1786 and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël there. He qualified as a notary in 1813 and set up practice in Montreal. He was named a justice of the peace in 1830 but opposed the use of the militia to maintain order in 1832 after riots followed the election ofDaniel Tracey . He was elected to theLegislative Assembly of Lower Canada in an 1835 by-election for Montreal County. Jobin was arrested in May 1838 and charged withsedition , but never tried; he was released in July. He ran unsuccessfully in Vaudreuil in 1841; the supporters of his opponent, John Simpson, used intimidation to discourage Jobin's supporters. However, he was elected for Montreal as a Reformer in an 1843 by-election and reelected in 1844 and 1848. He helped prepare legislation regarding the licensing and practice of notaries in the province. Jobin was a director of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank and a lieutenant-colonel in the local militia.He died in Sainte-Geneviève on the
Island of Montreal in 1853.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3989 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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