Joseph Robitaille

Who was Joseph Robitaille?

Joseph Robitaille was a miller, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Cornwallis in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1830, as a supporter of the Parti canadien and later the Parti patriote.

He was born in Ancienne-Lorette, the son of Romain Robitaille and Marie-Josephte Drolet. Robitaille lived in the Saint-Louis parish of Kamouraska, later moving to Saint-Pascal. He was married twice: first to Marie-Rosalie Gagnon in 1799 and then later to Élisabeth Falardeau. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1830. Robitaille died at Saint-Pascal at the age of 87.