# Alexandre Chauveau

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{{short description|Canadian politician (1847–1916)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name             = Alexandre Chauveau
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| image            = Alexandre Chauveau.jpg
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| office           = Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Quebec](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec) for [Rimouski](/source/Rimouski_(provincial_electoral_district))
| predecessor      = [Louis Honoré Gosselin](/source/Louis_Honor%C3%A9_Gosselin)
| successor        = [Joseph Parent](/source/Joseph_Parent)
| term_start       = 1872
| term_end         = 1880
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1847|02|23}}
| birth_place      = Quebec City, Canada East
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1916|03|07|1847|02|23}}
| death_place      = New York City, New York
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| relations        = [Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau](/source/Pierre-Joseph-Olivier_Chauveau), father
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'''Alexandre Chauveau''' ({{IPA|fr|alɛksɑ̃dʁ ʃovo}}; February 23, 1847 – March 7, 1916) was a lawyer, judge, educator and political figure in [Quebec](/source/Quebec). He represented [Rimouski](/source/Rimouski_(provincial_electoral_district)) in the [Legislative Assembly of Quebec](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec) from 1872 to 1880 as both a [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Quebec_(historical)) member and a [Liberal](/source/Quebec_Liberal_Party) cabinet minister.

He was born in [Quebec City](/source/Quebec_City), the son of [Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau](/source/Pierre-Joseph-Olivier_Chauveau) and Marie-Louise-Flore Massé. Chauveau was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie at [Montreal](/source/Montreal), the [Université Laval](/source/Universit%C3%A9_Laval) and [McGill University](/source/McGill_University). He articled in law with S. Lelièvre at Quebec City and [George-Étienne Cartier](/source/George-%C3%89tienne_Cartier) in Montreal, was called to the Quebec bar in 1868 and set up practice in Quebec City with [Richard Alleyn](/source/Richard_Alleyn). In 1871, he married Marie-Anne-Adèle, the daughter of [Ulric-Joseph Tessier](/source/Ulric-Joseph_Tessier). In 1878, Chauveau was named [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel).

He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1872 by-election held after [Louis Honoré Gosselin](/source/Louis_Honor%C3%A9_Gosselin) resigned his seat. Chauveau was reelected in 1875 as an independent conservative. In 1878, he was elected as a Liberal. He served in the Quebec cabinet as Solicitor General from 1878 to 1879 and then as secretary and registrar. He rejoined the Conservative caucus in 1879 with three other members, leading to the defeat of the Liberal government. He resigned his seat in the Quebec assembly in 1880 after he was named to the Court of Sessions of the Peace. Chauveau was police magistrate for Quebec district from 1882 to 1890.

Chauveau was professor of criminal law at the Université Laval from 1894 to 1916. He also served as a director, vice-president and president for the [Banque Nationale](/source/National_Bank_of_Canada) at Quebec City and president of the Quebec [Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society](/source/Saint-Jean-Baptiste_Society).

He died in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) at the age of 69 while debarking from a boat returning from Havana<ref>[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4626 ''Les avocats de la région de Québec'' (1936)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929105348/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4626 |date=2007-09-29 }} Roy, PG p. 120 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> and was buried in [Sainte-Foy](/source/Sainte-Foy%2C_Quebec).

==External links==
* {{Quebec MNA biography|chauveau-alexandre-2537}}

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Category:1847 births
Category:1916 deaths
Category:Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs
Category:Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Category:Judges in Quebec
Category:Politicians from Quebec City
Category:Université Laval alumni
Category:McGill University alumni
Category:Canadian King's Counsel
Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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