Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
| The Honorable Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau | |
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| 1st Premier of Quebec | |
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In office July 15, 1867 – February 25, 1873 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau René-Édouard Caron |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Gédéon Ouimet |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Quebec County | |
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In office 1844–1855 | |
| Preceded by | John Neilson |
| Succeeded by | François Évanturel |
| MLA for Québec-Comté | |
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In office September 1, 1867 – February 25, 1873 | |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Garneau |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Quebec County | |
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In office September 20, 1867 – January 22, 1874 | |
| Succeeded by | Adolphe-Philippe Caron |
| Senator for Stadacona, Quebec | |
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In office February 20, 1873 – January 8, 1874 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Édouard Cauchon |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Baillargeon |
| Speaker of the Senate of Canada | |
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In office February 21, 1873 – January 8, 1874 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Édouard Cauchon |
| Succeeded by | David Christie |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 30, 1820 Charlesbourg, Lower Canada |
| Died |
April 4, 1890 (aged 69) Quebec City, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Louise-Flore Masse |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (May 30, 1820 – April 4, 1890), born in Charlesbourg, near Quebec City, was the first Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec following the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
He was a lawyer by profession, and practiced in Quebec City. He co-founded the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste of Quebec City in 1842. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1844, and reelected in 1848, 1851, and 1854. He served as solicitor-general of Lower Canada, without a seat in cabinet, from 1851 to 1853. From 1855 to 1867, he was superintendent of the bureau of Education.
In 1867, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in Québec-Comté electoral district and headed a Conservative government as the first Premier of Quebec. He was also the Minister of Education and Provincial Secretary. Also beginning in 1867, he was simultaneously the federal Member of Parliament for the riding of Quebec County (such "double mandates" were abolished in 1874). He resigned both his federal and provincial seats, as well the office of Premier, on February 25, 1873, following appointment as Speaker of the Canadian Senate on February 21, 1873. He resigned from the Senate on January 8, 1874, and later that year ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for Member of Parliament in the federal election in the riding of Charlevoix.
In 1878, he became professor of Roman law at Université Laval. He died April 4 in Quebec City in 1890. He had seven children, one of whom, Alexandre Chauveau, became a provincial politician in his own right.[1]
His great-great-great-grandson is politician Thomas Mulcair.[2]
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- Works by or about Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau at Internet Archive
- "Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/C/Chauveau.html
- Catholic Encyclopedia article
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| Preceded by John William Dawson |
President of the Royal Society of Canada 1883–1884 |
Succeeded by Thomas Sterry Hunt |
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