Pierre-Vincent Valin Explained

Pierre-Vincent Valin
Constituency Mp:Montmorency
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Jean Langlois
Successor:Auguste-Réal Angers
Term Start:1878
Term End:1880
Predecessor2:Auguste-Réal Angers
Successor2:Charles Langelier
Term Start2:1880
Term End2:1887
Office3:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Québec-Est
Predecessor3:Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
Successor3:Joseph Shehyn
Term Start3:1874
Term End3:1875
Birth Date:1 June 1827
Birth Place:Château-Richer, Lower Canada
Death Place:Quebec City, Quebec
Party:Conservative

Pierre-Vincent Valin (June 1, 1827  - October 2, 1897) was a businessman and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Montmorency in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1878 to 1887. His name also appears as Pierre Valin.

He was born in Château-Richer, Lower Canada in 1827, the son of Toussaint Valin, and studied at Quebec. He began working as a shipbuilder in a shipyard on the Saint-Charles River in 1846. In 1853, he set up the shipbuilding company Pierre Valin et Compagnie with two partners; the partnership ended a year later but Valin continued to build ships. He married Marie-Angélique, the daughter of Joseph Talbot, dit Gervais in 1855.

Valin was elected to the municipal council of Quebec in 1871. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Québec-Est in an 1874 by-election but was defeated in the general election that followed. His election to the House of Commons in 1878 was declared invalid two years later but he was reelected in the by-election that followed. He served as chairman of the Harbour Commission of Quebec from 1879 to 1889. In 1885, he married Marie-Virginie-Célina, the daughter of Pierre-Martial Bardy. Later in life, Valin owned ships that transported goods over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

He died at Quebec City in 1897.

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