Louis Napol%C3%A9on Larochelle

LouisNapolon Larochelle was a manufacturer, railway contractor and political figure in Quebec. He represented Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1871 to 1878 and from 1886 to 1888 as a Conservative.

He was born in SaintAnselme, Lower Canada, the son of Simon Gautron, dit Larochelle and Sophie Pomerleau. Larochelle was educated at the Petit Sminaire de Qubec. He took over the operation of his fathers businesses when his father died in 1859. In 1876, he married Georgiana Plants. He served on the board of directors for the Levis and Kennebec Railway with JosephGodric Blanchet, HectorLouis Langevin and Christian Pozer he was later involved in a bitter and public dispute with Charles Armstrong Scott about who was to blame for the railways financial failure. He was mayor of SaintAnselme from 1870 to 1878 and from 1881 to 1889 and warden for Dorchester County from 1881 to 1886. He was defeated by HectorLouis Langevin when he first ran for election to the Quebec assembly in 1867 but was successful in 1871. Larochelle did not run in 1875 but lost to Nicodme Audet in 1881. Larochelle was elected again in 1886 but resigned his seat in 1888 to sit for Lauzon division in the Legislative Counci

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