{{Short description|Canadian politician (1771–1836)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

'''Pierre Bureau''' (October 9, 1771 – June 6, 1836) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.

He was born in L’Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec in 1771. Bureau operated an inn for travellers at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and a ferry service across the Sainte-Anne River. Around 1811, he moved to Trois-Rivières, where he became a merchant. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Saint-Maurice in an 1819 by-election and represented that region until his death at Trois-Rivières in 1836. He supported an elected Legisliative Council and tended to support the Parti canadien. Bureau voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions.<ref>{{cite book |title=Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, from the 7th January to the 18th March, 1834 |location=Quebec |publisher=Neilson & Cowan |date=1834 |page=337 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_44/336?r=0&s=3}}</ref>

His grandsons, Antoine-Aimé Dorion and Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion, both became members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. Antoine-Aimé was also a lawyer, judge and Canadian cabinet minister; Jean-Baptiste-Éric was a journalist.

== References == {{reflist}}

*{{Cite DCB |first=Sonia |last=Chassé |title=Bureau, Pierre |volume=7 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bureau_pierre_7E.html}} *{{Quebec MNA biography|bureau-pierre-2333|Pierre Bureau}}

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title=MLA, District of Saint-Maurice |with = Étienne Mayrand, Tory<br />Louis Picotte, Parti Canadien<br />Charles Caron, Parti Canadien<br />Valère Guillet, Parti Canadien| before=Louis Gugy, Tory<br />Étienne Mayrand, Tory| after=Alexis Bareil, dit Lajoie, Patriote<br />François Lesieur Desaulniers, Patriote| years=1819&ndash;1836}} {{s-end}}

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