Joseph Bourret

Politician

1802 – 1859

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Who was Joseph Bourret?

Joseph Bourret was a 19th-century Canadian lawyer, banker and politician.

Bourret was educated at the Classical College at Nicolet, Quebec. After clerking for three years for his uncle, Bourret was admitted to the bar in 1823. He practiced law at his uncle's office for ten years. When his uncle died, he entered into a partnership with a well known lawyer, Toussaint Pelletier.

He was appointed to the city council by the colonial government in 1840. He was elected councilor for the Center Quarter in 1842 and the Quartier St. Antoine from 1846 until 1852.. Bourret was the third and sixth mayor of Montreal, Quebec, and served as minister of public works in the Lafontaine-Baldwin government. Bourret also served on the legislative council of Canada from 1848 until his death in 1859.

Bourret was supported by Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine because as a moderate, he was acceptable to the rich Anglo-Saxons who formed the majority of the Montreal electorate. While Lafontaine and Bourret supported responsible government, they provided a more moderate option than the radicals that led the Rebellions of 1837.

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Born
Jun 10, 1802
Rivière-du-Loup
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Died
Mar 5, 1859
Montreal

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on July 23, 2013

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