Pierre Baillargeon (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Pierre Baillargeon
Office:Senator for Stadacona, Quebec
Appointed:Alexander Mackenzie
Predecessor:Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Successor:Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry
Term Start:1874
Term End:1891
Birth Date:8 November 1812
Birth Place:Île-aux-Grues, Lower Canada
Party:Liberal

Pierre Baillargeon (November 8, 1812  - December 15, 1891) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He sat for Stadacona division in the Senate of Canada from 1874 to 1891.

He was born in Île-aux-Grues, Lower Canada, the son of François Baillargeon and Marie-Louise Langlois dit Saint-Jean, and was educated at the Collège de Nicolet. Baillargeon received an MD from Harvard University. He was a member of the Boston Medical Society and a visiting physician at the Quebec General Hospital in Quebec City. In 1842,[1] he married Geneviève, the daughter of Joseph Painchaud.[2] Baillargeon died in office at the age of 79.

His brother Charles-François Baillargeon was archbishop of Quebec.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32959 The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1887, AJ Gemmill
  2. Book: Painchaud Francoeur, Mimi . La famille Painchaud (de Québec): deux siècles de mémoire . 2001 . 66–7 . 2009-08-01. fr.