predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
louis sylvestre louis sylvestre 13 october 1905 saint-joseph-de-lanoraie , lower canada montreal , quebec conservative member of the legislative assembly of quebec for berthier 14 january 1838 1878 joseph robillard
 1886 joseph robillard
joseph robillard

joseph robillard -lrb- january 14 , 1838 -- october 13 , 1905 -rrb- was a farmer , navigator , merchant and political figure in quebec .
he represented berthier in the legislative assembly of quebec from 1878 to 1886 as a conservative .
he was born in saint-joseph-de-lanoraie , lower canada , the son of maurice robillard and marguerite hilaire , dit bonaventure , and was educated there .
robillard became a navigator , then a farmer and merchant dealing in grain and hay at saint-joseph-de-lanoraie then montreal .
he was a member of the montreal board of trade .
in 1873 , robillard married annie de lorimier .
he was first elected to the quebec assembly in 1878 ; his election in 1880 was appealed but he won the subsequent by-election .
he was defeated by louis sylvestre when he ran for reelection in 1886 .
robillard died in montréal and was buried in the notre dame des neiges cemetery in 1905 ; his body was later moved to a cemetery in saint-joseph-de-lanoraie in 1912 .
he was the uncle of joseph-israël tarte who was also a member of the quebec assembly .
