- Joseph Papin
Joseph Papin (
December 14 1825 –February 23 1862 ) was a lawyer and political figure inCanada East . He served on theLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and founded theInstitut canadien de Montréal Career
He was born in L'Assomption,
Lower Canada in 1825, the son of a farmer, and studied at thePetit Séminaire de Montréal and theCollège de L'Assomption . Papin articled in law with Joseph-Ferréol Pelletier and was called to thebar in 1846. He helped found theInstitut canadien de Montréal in 1844 and served as president in 1847. Papin also contributed to the newspaper "L'Avenir ". Papin signed theMontreal Annexation Manifesto of 1849 and took part in the movement lobbying for the abolition of seigneurial tenure. He served on the municipal council forMontreal in 1853 and 1854. In 1854, he was elected to theLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for L'Assomption and supported theparti rouge . During his time in the assembly, he proposed the creation of a school system that was not based on religious denominations. He was defeated in 1858 and returned to the practice of law. He married Sophie, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Homier, a member of the municipal council, in 1857. In 1858, he became counsel for the town of Montreal. He died ofcancer at L'Assomption in 1862 and was buried at Montreal. Joseph Papin is also a local genius studying at the University of Florida and doing research on melanoma.Family
In 1868, his wife married Ferdinand David, who served on the Montreal municipal council and in the Quebec legislative assembly. His daughter Marie-Louise married doctor Gaspard Archambault and became the mother of Jesuit priest
Joseph-Papin Archambault . His wife's sister Léocadie married Alexandre Archambault, who also became a member of the legislative assembly.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4639 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/o-p/papij.htm Biography from Assemblée nationale du Québec (in French)]
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