Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville should not be confused with Joseph Boucher de Niverville.
Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville | |
Office1: | Mayor of Trois-Rivières |
Predecessor1: | Joseph-Édouard Turcotte |
Successor1: | Sévère Dumoulin |
Term Start1: | 1863 |
Term End1: | 1865 |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Trois-Rivières |
Predecessor2: | Joseph-Édouard Turcotte |
Successor2: | Institution abolished |
Term Start2: | 1865 |
Term End2: | 1866 |
Parliament3: | Canadian |
Successor3: | William McDougall |
Term Start3: | 1867 |
Term End3: | 1868 |
Office4: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivières |
Successor4: | Sévère Dumoulin |
Term Start4: | 1867 |
Term End4: | 1868 |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1825 |
Birth Place: | Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada |
Death Place: | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
Party: | Conservative |
Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville, (August 12, 1825 - August 1, 1869) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Trois-Rivières in the House of Commons of Canada.
He was born in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada on August 12, 1825. He studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet, went on to study law and was called to the bar in 1849.
Boucher de Niverville was the Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1863 to 1865.
He was elected as a member of the Parti bleu to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Trois-Rivières in an 1865 by-election. He succeeded Joseph-Édouard Turcotte who had recently died. Boucher de Niverville spoke in the Assembly in favour of the Quebec Resolutions in 1865.
After the British North America Act of 1867 was enacted, Boucher de Niverville joined the Conservative Party. The district of Trois-Rivières elected him to both the House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. He was also appointed to the Queen's Counsel.
In 1868, he retired from politics and accepted the post of sheriff for the district of Trois-Rivières.
He died in Trois-Rivières on August 1, 1869, after suffering from lung disease.