Louis Bourdages (July 6, 1764 – January 20, 1835) was a businessman and political figure inLower Canada.
He was bornLouis-Marie Bourdages inJeune-Lorette,Quebec in 1764, the son ofRaymond Bourdages, anAcadian doctor and merchant. Bourdages studied at thePetit Séminaire de Québec, where he metPierre-Stanislas Bédard. After he left school, he became a sailor and travelled to Europe and theWest Indies. He returned toQuebec City in 1787, where he was unsuccessful in establishing himself as a merchant, and moved toSaint-Denis on theRichelieu River in 1790 where he became a farmer. He later articled as a notary and qualified to practice in 1805. Bourdages also became an important land-owner in the region.
In 1804, he was elected to theLegislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Richelieu; he represented this region until 1814. In 1806, he helped foundLe Canadien. Bourdages was generally opposed to measures intended to put an end toseigneurial tenure. During theWar of 1812, he served in the local militia, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was elected in Buckinghamshire in an 1815 by-election and then represented it from 1820 to 1830, when Buckinghamshire was reorganized. He then representedNicolet in the assembly from 1830 until his death at Saint-Denis in 1835. Bourdages helped prepare theNinety-Two Resolutions submitted to theBritish government in 1834. In January 1835, he suffered an attack ofapoplexy and died several days later.
His sonRémi-Séraphin, who represented Rouville in the legislative assembly, died before his father in 1832.
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