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Jean-Charles Chapais
Canadian Father of Confederation
Jean-Charles Chapais, PC (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃ʃaʁlʃapɛ]; December 2, 1811 – July 17, 1885) was a CanadianConservative politician, and considered a Father of Canadian Confederation for his participation in the Quebec Conference to determine the form of Canada's government.
Chapais was born in Rivière-Ouelle, a small town in Kamouraska, Quebec, and was educated in Nicolet.
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Following his success as a farmer and merchant, in 1845 he became the first mayor of Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, the town he had lived in from 1833. The following year, he married Georgina Dionne; they had six children together.
Political career
At the prompting of his father-in-law, Chapais entered regional politics. In 1851, he was elected for the first time to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada; he was eventually to serve a total of five terms representing Kamouraska.
A "bleu", he was a supporter of Augusti