Amable Berthelot | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Trois-Rivières (two-member constituency) | |
In office 1814–1816 Serving with Charles Richard Ogden | |
Preceded by | Mathew Bell and Thomas Coffin |
Succeeded by | Charles Richard Ogden and Pierre Vézina |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Trois-Rivières (two-member constituency) | |
In office 1824–1827 Serving with Étienne Ranvoyzé | |
Preceded by | Joseph Badeaux and Charles Richard Ogden |
Succeeded by | Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin and Charles Richard Ogden |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Quebec (Upper Town) (two-member constituency) | |
In office 1834–1838 Serving with
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Preceded by | Jean-François-Joseph Duval and Andrew Stuart |
Succeeded by | None; position abolished when Constitution suspended |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Kamouraska | |
In office 1841 – 1847 (two elections) | |
Preceded by | New position |
Succeeded by | Pierre Canac, dit Marquis |
Personal details | |
Born | Quebec City, | February 10, 1777
Died | November 24, 1847 Quebec City, Old Province of Quebec | (aged 70)
Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
Political party | Lower Canada: Government Party (Parti de Bureaucrates) Province of Canada: Independent |
Spouse | Unmarried |
Relations |
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Children | 2: daughter and son (adopted) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Lower Canada militia |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | 1st Battalion of the Trois-Rivières militia |
Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Amable Berthelot (February 10, 1777 – November 24, 1847) was a Canadien lawyer, author and political figure. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and later to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. Trained as a lawyer, he was an avid book-collector, at one point having a personal library of some fifteen hundred volumes. He did not support those who took up arms during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. He never married, but adopted two children, a boy and a girl. His daughter married Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, later co-premier of the Province of Canada. He was a literary mentor to François-Xavier Garneau.