Joseph-Guillaume Barthe
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Joseph-Guillaume Barthe (March 16, 1818 – August 4, 1893) was a lawyer, journalist and political figure in Canada East.
He was born in Carleton, Lower Canada in 1818 and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He first studied medicine, then law and was called to the bar in 1840. In 1838, he wrote a poem Aux exilés politiques canadiens; as a result, he was put in jail at Trois-Rivières for three months. In 1840, he became editor of the Montreal newspaper L’Aurore des Canadas. In 1841, Barthe was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Yamaska; he was defeated in the next general election in 1844. In 1846, he was appointed clerk in the Court of Appeals. He lived in France from 1853 to 1855. While there, he attempted to encourage stronger ties between France and French Canadians, publishing a book Le Canada reconquis par la France. He returned to Trois-Rivières, serving as editor for newspapers there. Barthe then moved to Quebec City, where he was co-editor of Le Canadien for a time. He later moved to Montreal, where he died in 1893.
His brother Georges-Isidore also became a lawyer and journalist and served in the Canadian House of Commons. His grandson, Armand Renaud Lavergne, served in the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
