Thomas-Philippe Pelletier

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Thomas-Philippe Pelletier (22 December 1823 – 28 April 1913) was a Canadian merchant and politician.

Born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Lower Canada, the son of Germain Pelletier and Marie Marthe Pelletier, Pelletier was educated at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and then became a school teacher. He later opened a general merchandise business in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec and was the postmaster of Trois Pistoles for fifty-three years. In 1892, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec for the division of Grandville. A Conservative, he served until his death in 1913.

He married Caroline Casault, the daughter of Louis-Napoléon Casault, in 1854. His was the father of Louis-Philippe Pelletier.

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• Thomas-Philippe PELLETIER. Assemblée nationale du Québec. (French)
• A history of Quebec, its resources and people, Vol. 2. Internet Archive (1908).