1. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau resigned as premier and his seat in the provincial Legislative Assembly in 1873.
27 Facts About Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was active in federal politics, being member of the House of Commons from 1867 to 1873, and then a member of the Senate for a year.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau had a life-long interest in literature and public affairs.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was the author of a novel and many short columns and letters on the political situation in Lower Canada.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was born in Charlesbourg, near Quebec City, in a long-established local family.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was in the fifth generation of the Chauveau family in Charlesbourg, descended from a settler in the early 18th century.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau's father died when he was young, so he was raised by his mother and his maternal grandfather, a wealthy merchant in Quebec City.
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One of his sons, Alexandre Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, became a provincial politician in his own right.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau initially articled with his maternal uncle, Louis-David Roy, who was in partnership with Andre-Remi Hamel, the Attorney General of Lower Canada.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau finished his articles with George Okill Stuart Jr.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau then was taken into partnership with Roy when Hamel was appointed to the bench.
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When Roy was later appointed to the bench, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau entered into partnership with Philippe Baby Casgrain.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau took an active part in the intellectual and patriotic circles in Quebec City.
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In 1853, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau published a novel, Charles Guerin: Roman de moeurs canadiennes.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was one of the co-founders of the Societe Saint-Jean-Baptiste of Quebec City in 1842 and of the Societe canadienne d'etudes litteraires et scientifiques en 1843.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau supported the Comite constitutionnel de la reforme et du progres, founded at Quebec City in 1846.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was a member of the Institut canadien de Quebec, serving as president in 1851 and 1852, and was vice-president of the Association de la bibliotheque de Quebec.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1844, and reelected in 1848,1851, and 1854.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau served as solicitor-general of Lower Canada, without a seat in cabinet, from 1851 to 1853.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was the Minister of Education and Provincial Secretary.
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In 1873, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau resigned his seat in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and as premier, to accept an appointment to the Senate of Canada.
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In 1867, in addition to holding his seat in the Legislative Assembly, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was elected to the first House of Commons, an example of the dual mandate, which was originally permitted in Canada.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was simultaneously the federal Member of Parliament for the federal riding of Quebec County and the provincial member for the provincial riding of Quebec-Comte.
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In 1873, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau resigned his federal and provincial seats, as well his office of premier, when he was appointed as Speaker of the Senate by the Macdonald government.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau held his position in the Senate for less than a year.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau resigned from the Senate on January 8,1874 and ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for Member of Parliament in the riding of Charlevoix.
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau died on April 4,1890 in Quebec City and was buried at the Chapelle des Ursulines in Quebec City.