Sir Charles-Eugène-Napoléon Boucher de Boucherville | |
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| 3rdPremier of Quebec | |
| In office September 22, 1874 – March 8, 1878 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | René-Édouard Caron Luc Letellier de St.-Just |
| Preceded by | Gédéon Ouimet |
| Succeeded by | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière |
| In office December 21, 1891 – December 16, 1892 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | Auguste-Réal Angers Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
| Preceded by | Honoré Mercier |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Olivier Taillon |
| Senator forMontarville, Quebec | |
| In office February 12, 1879 – September 10, 1915 | |
| Appointed by | John A. Macdonald |
| Preceded by | Louis Lacoste |
| Succeeded by | Charles-Philippe Beaubien |
| Member ofLegislative Council for Montarville | |
| In office July 1, 1867 – September 10, 1915 | |
| Appointed by | Narcisse Fortunat Belleau |
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| Born | (1822-05-04)May 4, 1822 |
| Died | September 10, 1915(1915-09-10) (aged 93) Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative Party of Quebec |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Elizabeth Morrogh Marie-Céleste-Esther Lussier |
Sir Charles-Eugène-Napoléon Boucher de BouchervilleKCMG (May 4, 1822 – September 10, 1915) was a Canadian politician and medical doctor. He twice served as thepremier of Quebec.
Boucher was born inMontreal, Quebec, Canada. Descended fromPierre Boucher, he was one of the three children of Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (1780–1857),Seigneur ofBoucherville, and Marguerite-Émilie de Bleury (1786–1812), sister ofClément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury. Boucher de Boucherville studied medicine atMcGill University, graduating withMD in 1843.
During theChauveau administration, he served as Speaker of theLegislative Council. He became premier in 1874 when his predecessor,Gédéon Ouimet, had to resign due to a financial scandal. He then won the1875 Quebec election but was removed from office on March 8, 1878, in a conflict withLieutenant GovernorLuc Letellier de Saint-Just. Letellier de Saint-Just refused to approve legislation that had been passed by both houses of the Quebec legislature that would have forced municipalities to pay for railway construction. The Lieutenant-Governor deposed Boucher de Boucherville, and called on theLeader of the Opposition,Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, to form a government.
Boucher de Boucherville's second term came about afterHonoré Mercier was removed from office byLieutenant GovernorAuguste-Réal Angers on December 16, 1891, on charges of corruption. Mercier was later cleared.
After Conservative leaderLouis-Olivier Taillon had lost the1890 election and his own seat,Jean Blanchet had taken over as Leader of the Opposition to the Mercier government. Blanchet, however, had resigned on September 19, 1891, to accept an appointment as a judge. The Lieutenant Governor, therefore, needed a Conservative to fill the post of Premier and turned to Boucher de Boucherville.
Boucher de Boucherville served for one year but resigned when former Conservative premierJoseph-Adolphe Chapleau was appointed Lieutenant-Governor in December 1892. Relations between the two may have been strained. By 1915 the oldest legislator in North America, he died that year inMontreal at the Deaf and Dumb Institute, in whose work he was so interested that he lived there.
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| Preceded by | MLA, District of Chambly 1861–1867 | Succeeded by |
| National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| Preceded by | Legislative Councillor, District of Montarville 1867–1915 | Succeeded by |
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