Joseph Godéric Blanchet
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| 3rd Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons | |
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In office February 13, 1879 – February 7, 1883 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General | The Marquess of Lorne |
| Prime Minister | Sir John A. Macdonald |
| Preceded by | Timothy Warren Anglin |
| Succeeded by | George Airey Kirkpatrick |
| 1st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec | |
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In office 1867–1875 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Fortin |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lévis | |
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In office 1867–1874 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Honoré Fréchette |
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In office 1878–1883 |
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| Preceded by | Louis-Honoré Fréchette |
| Succeeded by | Isidore-Noël Belleau |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bellechasse | |
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In office 1875–1878 |
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| Preceded by | Télesphore Fournier |
| Succeeded by | Achille Larue |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Lévis | |
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In office 1867–1875 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Étienne-Théodore Pâquet |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Lévis | |
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In office 1861–1866 |
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| Preceded by | François-Xavier Lemieux |
| Succeeded by | legislature abolished |
| Personal details | |
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June 7, 1829 Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada |
| Died | January 1, 1890 (aged 60) |
| Political party |
Liberal-Conservative Conservative Conservative Party of Quebec |
| Occupation | Physician |
Joseph-Goderic (Joseph-Godric) Blanchet, (June 7, 1829 – January 1, 1890) was a Canadian physician and politician. He was the only person to serve as both Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and Speaker of a provincial legislature. He represented Lévis in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1867 to 1873 and from 1879 to 1883; he represented Bellechasse from 1875 to 1878. He also represented Lévis in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1875.
He was born in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada in 1825. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. He then studied medicine with his uncle Jean Blanchet and qualified as a doctor in 1850. A popular physician, Blanchet entered politics with his election as Mayor of Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire, now part of Lévis Quebec (then Canada East) in 1845 at the age of 25. With the Province of Canada on military alert due to the American Civil War, Blanchet joined the militia and raised a battalion to defend the frontier against raids from the United States. During the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870, he was in command of the militia on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
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