Pierre Baillargeon (politician)

The Hon.
Pierre Baillargeon
Senator for Stadacona, Quebec
In office
1874–1891
Appointed byAlexander Mackenzie
Preceded byPierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Succeeded byAuguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry
Personal details
Born(1812-11-08)November 8, 1812
Île-aux-Grues, Lower Canada
DiedDecember 15, 1891(1891-12-15) (aged 79)
Political partyLiberal

Pierre Baillargeon (November 8, 1812 – December 15, 1891) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He sat for Stadacona division in the Senate of Canada from 1874 to 1891.[1]

He was born in Île-aux-Grues, Lower Canada, the son of François Baillargeon and Marie-Louise Langlois dit Saint-Jean, and was educated at the Collège de Nicolet. Baillargeon received an MD from Harvard University. He was a member of the Boston Medical Society and a visiting physician at the Quebec General Hospital in Quebec City. In 1842,[2] he married Geneviève, the daughter of Joseph Painchaud.[3] Baillargeon died in office at the age of 79.

His brother Charles-François Baillargeon was archbishop of Quebec.

  1. ^ Pierre Baillargeon (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1887, AJ Gemmill
  3. ^ Painchaud Francoeur, Mimi (2001). La famille Painchaud (de Québec): deux siècles de mémoire (in French). pp. 66–7. Retrieved 2009-08-01.