Marc-Aurèle Plamondon (16 October 1823 – 4 August 1900) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, publisher, and judge.
Marc-Aurèle Plamondon | |
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Born | Quebec City, Lower Canada | 16 October 1823
Died | 4 August 1900 Arthabaskaville (Arthabaska), Quebec | (aged 76)
Occupation(s) | lawyer, journalist, publisher, and judge |
He was one of the founders of the Institut canadien de Montréal and the Institut canadien de Québec. From 1855 to 1859, he was co-owner and co-editor of the newspaper, Le National of Quebec. In 1857, he was twice defeated when he ran for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Quebec City. He was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court as a judge for the district of Arthabaska in 1874 and served until 1897.[1]
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edit- ^ "Marc-Aurèle Plamondon". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.