Sir Louis-Napoléon Casault (July 10, 1823 – May 18, 1908) was a Quebec lawyer, judge, professor and political figure. He represented Bellechasse in the 1st Canadian Parliament from 1867 to 1870 as a Conservative member.
Sir Louis-Napoléon Casault | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bellechasse | |
| In office 1867–1870 | |
| Preceded by | The electoral district was created by the British North America Act, 1867 |
| Succeeded by | Télesphore Fournier |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Montmagny | |
| In office 1854–1858 | |
| Succeeded by | Joseph-Octave Beaubien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 10, 1823 Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East |
| Died | May 18, 1908 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Conservative |
Biography
editHe was born in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in 1823. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, then apprenticed in law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He practiced law at Quebec City. In 1854, he was elected to represent Montmagny in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. From 1858 to 1891, Casault taught commercial and maritime law at the Université Laval. In 1867, he was named Queen's Counsel. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1867 but resigned his seat in 1870 to accept a post as judge in the Superior Court of Quebec for Kamaraska district; in 1873, he was named to Quebec district. From 1894 until his retirement in 1904, he was Chief Justice for the Province of Quebec. He was knighted in 1894.
Casault died at Quebec City in 1908. A small lake in the unorganized territory of Lac-Casault, Quebec, Canada, was named after him.[1]
Family
editHon Justice Louis-Napoléon Casault married Elmire Jane Pangman, daughter of Hon. John Pangman, M.L.C., and Seigneur of Lachenaye, July 1870. Their family residence was "Londesir" 9 de Salaberry Street, Quebec. Lady Casault was elected the first President of the Quebec branch of the National Council of Women of Canada, when that institution was founded by Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair. She was also a member of various other bodies of a religious or benevolent character.[2]
| 1867 Canadian federal election: Bellechasse | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Louis-Napoléon Casault | 983 | ||||||
| Unknown | Édouard Rémillard | 671 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[3] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Lac Casault" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 48.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
- "Biography of Louis-Napoléon Casault". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Louis-Napoléon Casault – Parliament of Canada biography
- . New International Encyclopedia. 1905. p. 278.