Michel Guillaume Baby

Michel Guillaume Baby
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chicoutimi et Saguenay
In office
1874–1875
Preceded byPierre-Alexis Tremblay
Succeeded byWilliam Evan Price
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Rimouski
In office
1857–1861
Preceded byJoseph-Charles Taché
Succeeded byGeorge Sylvain
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Témiscouata
In office
1861–1863
Preceded byBenjamin Dionne
Succeeded byJean-Baptiste Pouliot
Personal details
Born(1834-09-15)September 15, 1834
Saint-Philippe-de-La Prairie, Lower Canada
DiedMarch 16, 1911(1911-03-16) (aged 76)
Paris, France
Political partyConservative Party of Quebec

Michel-Guillaume Baby (September 15, 1834 – March 16, 1911) was a businessman and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rimouski from 1857 to 1861 and Témiscouata from 1861 to 1863 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and Chicoutimi et Saguenay from 1874 to 1875 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Conservative. His name also appears as Michel William Baby.

He was born in Saint-Philippe-de-La Prairie, Lower Canada, the son of Charles François Xavier Baby and Clothilde Pinsonaut. Baby was a shareholder in the Grand Trunk Railway, as well as president of the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway, originally incorporated as the Quebec and Gosford Railway. He was first elected to the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada in an 1857 by-election held after Joseph-Charles Taché resigned his seat.[1] In 1868, he married Marie-Hélène-Wilhelmine, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Renaud. Baby was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1874 by-election held after Pierre-Alexis Tremblay resigned his seat. He did not run for reelection in 1875 and later moved to Paris. Baby died there at the age of 76 and was buried in Quebec City.

  1. ^ "Biography of Joseph-Charles Taché". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.