Eustache Prud'homme

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Eustache Prud'homme
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Rigaud
In office
1867–1888
Succeeded byWilfrid Prévost
Personal details
Born(1818-06-14)June 14, 1818
Montreal, Lower Canada
DiedNovember 5, 1891(1891-11-05) (aged 73)
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyConservative

Eustache Prud'homme (June 14, 1818 – November 5, 1891) was a political figure in Canada East.

He was born in Montreal in 1818. He became a farmer and later was appointed justice of the peace. He also served as captain in the local militia. He was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada representing Rigaud division in a by-election in 1863 after the death of Robert Unwin Harwood. He served until Canadian Confederation in 1867, when he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec. In 1874, he was mayor of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. He resigned from his post as legislative councillor in 1888. He died in Montreal in 1891.

References[edit]

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.