Victor Châteauvert
Victor Châteauvert (12 March 1841 – 6 November 1920) was a Canadian politician. He married Virginie Dussault. He was associated to Gaspard Lemoine (married to Emma Renaud) in the company J.B. Renaud in Quebec city.
Victor Châteauvert | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Québec-Centre | |
In office 1892–1897 | |
Preceded by | Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret |
Succeeded by | Amédée Robitaille |
Personal details | |
Born | Quebec City, Canada East | 12 March 1841
Died | 6 November 1920 79) Quebec City, Ontario | (aged
Political party | Conservative |
He was the unsuccessful Conservative candidate in the 1891 federal election for the riding of Quebec-Centre. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the identically-named provincial riding of Québec-Centre in the 1892 Quebec election. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1897. He was also defeated in the 1900 federal election. He is the father of Alexandre Châteauvert, who became vice-president of J. B. Renaud after the death of his father. He is also the father of Victor Châteauvert, Jr. He was the grandfather of both Jean-Richard Châteauvert (son of Alexandre Châteauvert) and Françoise Châteauvert (daughter of Victor Châteauvert and Flore Derouin), one of whose grandsons is Jean-Nicolas De Surmont. Françoise Châteauvert was a close friend of Yvonne Lemoine, granddaughter of Gaspard Lemoine and the family of Jean Senecal, Guy Des Rivières, Gilles Lamontagne and Jean Lesage. Françoise Châteauvert used also to do horse-riding with Gilles Turcot in the 1930s.
References
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
De Surmont, Jean Nicolas, "Qui se souvient des Châteauvert", Le Soleil, Québec, février 2020 : https://www.lesoleil.com/opinions/point-de-vue/qui-se-souvient-des-chateauvert--89ba5b5882511bbb88f08bd2a640c005