Amable Jodoin Explained

Amable Jodoin (May 31, 1828  - January 8, 1880) was a Canadian businessman and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chambly in the House of Commons of Canada from 1874 to 1875 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Boucherville, Lower Canada, the son of Amable Jodoin and Esther Weilbrenner. Jodoin served as a member of Montreal city council.[1] He married Marie-Hélène Jodoin in 1853.[2] Jodoin was a director of the Metropolitan Bank. In 1870, he purchased a foundry in Longueuil.[1] The Jodoins also purchased several properties in the Old Montreal area.[2] His election to the House of Commons in 1874 was overturned; he won the by-election which followed in 1875 but that election was again appealed; Pierre Basile Benoit won the by-election held in 1876. Jodoin died four years later at the age of 51 in Beloeil, Quebec.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32949 The Canadian parliamentary companion for 1875
  2. http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_pers.php?id=337 Maisonnée Jodoin (en 1873), Vieux-Montréal
  3. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.