François Lesieur Desaulniers

François Lesieur Desaulniers
Personal details
Born 1785
Yamachiche, Province of Quebec
Died August 7, 1870
Yamachiche, Quebec
Children Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers

François Lesieur Desaulniers (1785 August 7, 1870) was a Quebec farmer and political figure.

He was born in Yamachiche in 1785. He served as lieutenant-colonel in the local militia. In 1805, he married Charlotte, the daughter of Augustin Rivard, who represented Saint-Maurice in the legislative assembly from 1792 to 1796. Desaulniers was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Saint-Maurice in an 1836 by-election as a member of the parti patriote. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for the same region in 1844.

He died at Yamachiche in 1870.

His son Louis-Léon was a member of the Canadian House of Commons.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Valère Guillet, Patriote
Pierre Bureau, Patriote
MLA, District of Saint-Maurice
with Alexis Bareil, dit Lajoie, Patriote

18361838
Succeeded by
Constitution suspended in 1838
Preceded by
Joseph-Édouard Turcotte, Moderate Reformer
MLA, District of Saint-Maurice
18441848
Succeeded by
Louis-Joseph Papineau, Radical Reformer