Antoine Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood
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Antoine Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood (1825 – August 6, 1891) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Vaudreuil in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1871.
He was born in Montreal in 1825, the son of Robert Unwin Harwood, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848. He was coseigneur of Vaudreuil, inherited by his mother, Marie-Louise-Josephte Chartier de Lotbinière. He served as secretary for the Vaudreuil Railway Company which his father had helped establish. Harwood also served as captain in the local militia, later becoming lieutenant-colonel.
In 1863, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Vaudreuil. After Confederation, he represented the same riding in the Quebec legislative assembly.
He died at Montreal in 1891.
His brothers, Henry Stanislas and Robert William, were members of the Canadian House of Commons.
