Théophile Lemay (October 12, 1784 – April 17, 1848) was a farmer, notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1834.
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current-day Province of Quebec, Canada, and the Labrador region of the modern-day Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of elected legislative councillors who created bills to be passed up to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, whose members were appointed by the governor general.
He was born Théophile Lemay, dit Delorme in Varennes, Quebec, the son of Paul Lemay, dit Delorme and Élisabeth Monjon. He was a farmer at Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir until 1820 when he qualified to practice as a notary. Lemay served in the militia during the War of 1812, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was a commissioner for the trial of minor causes and a justice of the peace. He was married twice: to Marie-Esther Letêtu in 1810 and to Julie-Scholastique Talon-Lespérance in 1836. Lemay was first elected to the legislative assembly in an 1832 by-election held after Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville retired due to poor health. He voted against the Ninety-Two Resolutions. Lemay was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1834. He was captured by the rebels in 1837 and held until late the following year. Lemay died at Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir at the age of 63.
Varennes is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River in the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The city is approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Downtown Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 20,994. In 2015, the population is listed at 24,000.
Marieville is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located within the Rouville Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region about 30 kilometers east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 10,094.
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theater of the Napoleonic Wars; in the United States and Canada, it is seen as a war in its own right.
