Honoré Brunelle Tourigny Explained

Honoré Brunelle Tourigny
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Nicolet
Predecessor:Louis-Tréfflé Dorais
Successor:Joseph-Victor Monfette
Term Start:1888
Term End:1890
Birth Date:23 September 1857
Birth Place:Gentilly, Canada East
Death Place:Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Party:Conservative

Honoré Brunelle Tourigny (September 23, 1857  - September 25, 1918) was a surveyor, engineer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Nicolet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1888 to 1890 as a Conservative.

He was born in Gentilly, Canada East, the son of Honoré Tourigny and Célina Brunelle, and was educated at the Collège de Nicolet, where he received a degree in civil engineering and surveying. Tourigny was surveyor for the town of Trois-Rivières and chief engineer for the St. Lawrence, Lower Laurentian and Saguenay Railway. In 1881, he married Lumina Legendre. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1888 by-election held after the election of Louis-Tréfflé Dorais was overturned by the courts and was defeated by Joseph-Victor Monfette when he ran for reelection in 1890. He died in Trois-Rivières at the age of 61.