Louis Gugy

Louis Gugy

Louis Gugy (January 1770– July 17 1840) was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.

He was born Jean-Georges-Barthélemy-Guillaume-Louis Gugy in Paris in 1770, the son of Barthélemy Gugy, who was a colonel in a Swiss Guard regiment serving in France. He served in France as a lieutenant under his father. From 1792 to 1794, he lived in Switzerland; Gugy then went to Quebec City to settle his uncle Conrad Gugy's estate. His father inherited the seigneuries of Grandpré and Dumontier and part of the seigneury of Yamachiche. In 1795, he married Juliana, the daughter of James O'Connor, a surgeon in the British Army serving with James Wolfe; he returned to Quebec in 1795 and settled at Yamachiche. Gugy inherited the seigneuries after his father's death in 1797. In 1799, he moved to Trois-Rivières. He was named a justice of the peace for Trois-Rivières district in 1803 and was appointed sheriff in 1805. Gugy served as an officer in the local militia, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1813. He also served as commissioner for several public works projects in the region.

In 1809, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Saint-Maurice. He was elected again in 1816 and he was named to the Legislative Council in 1818. In 1827, he was named sheriff for Montreal. In 1828 he became the first president of the Montreal Mechanics' Institution (now the Atwater Library of the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal). Gugy was accused of favouring the English party by the Parti canadien after three supporters of Daniel Tracey were killed during an 1832 by-election held in Montreal West. In 1836, he was accused of fraud and negligence by an assembly committee and he was removed from his post as sheriff in 1837.

He died at Montreal in 1840.

His son Bartholomew Conrad Augustus Gugy also served in the legislative assembly.

External links

* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3416 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/g-i/gugyl.htm National Assembly biography] (in French)


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