Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault
Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault (September 6, 1832 – February 7, 1906) was a farmer, notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878 as a Conservative member.
Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for L'Islet | |
| In office 1867–1878 | |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 6, 1832 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada |
| Died | February 7, 1906 (aged 73) Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
He was born at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, the son of Antoine Gaspard Verreau and Hélène Fournier. Verreault was educated there and at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. He qualified to practise as a notary in 1860 and practised in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli and Monmagny. In 1863, he married Paméla Couillard Dupuis, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis. Verreault was mayor of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli from 1880 to 1893 and warden for L'Islet County from 1882 to 1893. He also helped found the Société d'horticulture de L'Islet and was a founder and secretary-treasurer of the Institut littéraire et scientifique de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. He died in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli at the age of 73.
His nephew Louis-Auguste Dupuis also served in the Quebec assembly.
The community of Saint-Pamphile was named in his honour.[1]
References
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Itinéraire toponymique au cœur de l'arrière-pays Archived 2009-07-02 at the Wayback Machine, Histoire Québec, Juin 1998, Volume 4, Numéro 2 (in French)