15 Facts About Joseph-Goderic Blanchet

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet was a Canadian physician and politician.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet was the only person to serve as both speaker of the House of Commons and speaker of a provincial legislature.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet represented Levis in the House of Commons as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1867 to 1873 and from 1879 to 1883; he represented Bellechasse from 1875 to 1878.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet represented Levis in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1875.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet was born in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Riviere-du-Sud, Lower Canada in 1825.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet studied at the Petit Seminaire de Quebec and College de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet then studied medicine with his uncle Jean Blanchet and qualified as a doctor in 1850.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet was a Conservative and first ran for election to the Legislative Assembly in 1857 but was defeated.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Levis in 1861 and 1863.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet supported Canadian Confederation as a means of defending British North America against possible attack by the United States.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet was concurrently elected in the 1867 federal election to the new House of Commons and to the Quebec Legislative Assembly.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet became Speaker of the provincial legislature and served in that position for two terms.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet chose to resign his seat in the federal House of Commons.

The election returned the Conservatives to power, and Macdonald nominated Joseph-Goderic Blanchet to be speaker of the House of Commons.

Joseph-Goderic Blanchet was buried in the crypt of Notre-Dame Church of Levis.