Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Jacques Cartier |
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In office 1867–1872 |
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Preceded by | Institution created in 1867 |
Succeeded by | Rodolphe Laflamme |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Jacques-Cartier | |
In office 1864–1866 |
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Preceded by | François-Zéphirin Tassé |
Succeeded by | Institution abolished in 1866 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sault-Saint-Louis (Kahnawake), Lower Canada |
August 16, 1810
Died | September 16, 1885 Sainte-Geneviève, Island of Montreal, Quebec |
(aged 75)
Political party | Conservative |
Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher (August 16, 1810 – September 16, 1885) was a Quebecois businessman and political figure. He represented Jacques-Cartier in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member.
He was born Jean-Guillaume Gaucher in Sault-Saint-Louis (later (Kahnawake) in 1810 and was educated there. He became a merchant at Sainte-Geneviève on the Island of Montreal. Gaucher served as a lieutenant-colonel in the local militia and was also a justice of the peace. He was mayor of the parish of Sainte-Geneviève in 1845 and again from 1859 to 1863 after it became a village. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Jacques-Cartier in an 1864 by-election; he was elected again after Confederation.
He died at Sainte-Geneviève in 1885.