Charles Rouleau

Charles Borromée Rouleau (born: December 16, 1840 L'Isle Verte, Lower Canada- died: August 25, 1901 Rouleauville, Northwest Territories) was a 19th-century Canadian politician, lawyer, judge and writer. He served as Stipendiary Magistrate and Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, as well as Legal Advisor to the Northwest Territories Legislature.

Rouleau began his legal career when he was called to the bar in Quebec on December 16, 1868. He later became an inspector for the Ottawa and Pontiac Counties Catholic School Districts.

Rouleau first ran for public office on the municipal level in the County of Ottawa in 1874. He was unsuccessful.

Rouleau then made his career through political appointments as magistrate and judge at increasingly higher levels of government. On July 12, 1876 he was appointed District Magistrate in Ottawa County and held that position until 1883.

On September 28, 1883, Rouleau was appointed to the Northwest Territories Council where he replaced Matthew Ryan. He served his first term on the Council with the title of Stipendiary magistrate. The territories then included what became the provinces of Yukon, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

In 1885 during the North-West Rebellion his home in Battleford was looted and burned.

On February 18, 1888, Rouleau vacated that position to accept an appointment to the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, where he sat for cases in the Northern Alberta District. After the 1888 Northwest Territories general election, Lt. Governor Joseph Royal reappointed Rouleau as Legal Advisor to the Northwest Territories Legislature. He held that position until dissolution of the Assembly in 1891.

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