Philippe Baby Casgrain
Philippe Baby Casgrain was a Quebec lawyer, author and political figure. He represented LIslet in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1873 to 1891.
He was born in Quebec City in 1826, the son of CharlesEusbe Casgrain, and studied at the College of Ste. Anne de la Pocatire. He articled in law with JeanThomas Taschereau, was called to the bar in 1850 and practiced at Quebec with Pierre Joseph Olivier Chauveau. In 1854, he married Mathilde Perrault. He was named deputy protonotary for the Quebec Superior Court in Quebec district. Casgrain was named Queens Counsel in 1879. After he retired from politics, he was clerk for the Quebec Circuit and Revision Court. He served several terms as president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.
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