Charles Eugene Boucher | |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1864 |
Birth Place: | St. François Xavier, Rupert's Land |
Office: | Member of the North-West Legislative Assembly for Batoche |
Term Start: | 1891 |
Term End: | 1898 |
Predecessor: | Hilliard Mitchell |
Successor: | Charles Fisher |
Party: | Independent |
Occupation: | farmer |
Charles Eugene Boucher (December 1, 1864February 1926) was a Canadian politician. He served on the North-West Legislative Assembly for Batoche from 1891 to 1898.
Charles Eugene Boucher was born December 1, 1864, to Jean Baptiste Boucher and Caroline Lesperance.[1] [2] Boucher's maternal grandfather was voyageur Alexis Bonami.[1] On August 18, 1886, Boucher married Helene Letendre, the daughter of François-Xavier Letendre.[1]
Boucher contested the Batoche electoral district in the 1891 North-West Territories general election. He initially lost the election to Charles Nolin, who was subsequently removed from office by a court order after being found guilty of bribery and fraud.[3] [4] Boucher was re-elected in the 1894 North-West Territories general election, defeating David Venne with 101 votes to 76.[4] In the 1898 North-West Territories general election Boucher was defeated by Charles Fisher, 76 votes to 54.[4]
Boucher moved to Montana and lived in the Musselshell River area from 1898 to 1908 before returning to Saskatchewan. Boucher died in February 1926 at the age of 61.[5]