| Félix-Hyacinthe Lemaire | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Mille-Isles | |
| In office 1867–1879 | |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villemure |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 16, 1808 mission of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (parish of Oka), Lower Canada |
| Died | December 17, 1879 (aged 71) Saint-Benoit (Deux-Montagnes County), Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
Félix-Hyacinthe Lemaire (March 16, 1808 –December 17, 1879), was a political figure in Quebec.
Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.
He was born in Lac des Deux-Montagnes near Oka, the son of a carpenter and his wife. Lamaire became a notary in 1836 and was appointed agent of the Seminary of St. Sulpice. He served as a Major in the local militia and was a clerk to the circuit court. He served as mayor of Deux-Montagne before being named to the Legislative Council of Quebec as a Conservative representing the district of Mille-Isles on November 2, 1867. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Council from 1874 to 1876. He continued as a Legislative Councillor until he died in office in 1879.
Oka is a small village on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, northwest of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located in the Lower Laurentians on Lake of Two Mountains, where the Ottawa has its confluence with the St. Lawrence River, the town has a main thoroughfare that is now part of Quebec Route 344.It's located 50 km northwest of Montreal.
The Legislative Council of Quebec was the unelected upper house of the bicameral legislature in the Canadian province of Quebec from 1867 to 1968. The Legislative Assembly was the elected lower house.
The Conservative Party of Quebec was a political party in Quebec, Canada, from 1867 until 1936, when it merged with members of the Action libérale nationale to form the Union Nationale.
