Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne

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Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne (8 June 1841 – 10 October 1918) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Bécancour, Canada East, the son of Pierre Bourbeau dit Beauchesne and Marie-Archange Pérenne de Moras (Archange Maurâce), Beauchesne was educated at Nicolet College and became a notary in 1865. He was a notary in Gaspésie and was a fish inspector. As well he was a customs collector from 1871 to 1874. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in a 1874 by-election in the electoral district of Bonaventure. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1875. In 1876, the election was declared void and he did not run in the resulting by-election. In a 1879 by-election, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Bonaventure. A Conservative, he did not run in 1882. He was a major in the Bonaventure Reserve Militia.

He died in Montreal in 1918 and was buried in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.

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• Parliament of Canada biography
• Pierre-Clovis BEAUCHESNE at Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Théodore Robitaille	MLA for Bonaventure 1874–1876	Succeeded by Joseph Israël Tarte
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Théodore Robitaille	Member of Parliament for Bonaventure 1879–1882	Succeeded by Louis Joseph Riopel