- Jacques-Olivier Bureau
Jacques-Olivier Bureau (
February 6 1820 –February 7 1883 ) was aQuebec notary and political figure. He was a Liberal member of theSenate of Canada for De Lorimier division from 1867 to 1883.He was born in Trois-Rivières,
Lower Canada in 1820 and studied there and at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He qualified as a notary in 1843 and practiced at Saint-Rémi andMontreal . In 1854, he was elected to theLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Napierville; he was reelected in 1858 and 1861. In 1862, he was elected to the Legislative Council in Lorimier division. Bureau was active in promoting the abolition of seigneurial tenure inCanada East . He was named provincial secretary in 1863, a cabinet post; as a result, he had to run again (successfully) for his seat in the legislative council. After Confederation, he was named to the Senate.He died at Saint-Rémi in 1883.
External links
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/FRA/Membres/notices/b/BUREJO.htm Biography from Assemblée nationale du Québec (french)]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=1915&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32948 "The Canadian parliamentary companion", HJ Morgan (1874)]
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