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georges-isidore barthe joseph-adolphe dorion canadian georges-isidore barthe léon leduc sorel , lower canada richelieu 30 july 1916 montreal , quebec conservative member of the legislative assembly of quebec for richelieu 20 december 1838 1872 1875 michel mathieu.png michel mathieu -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-
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michel mathieu -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-

michel mathieu -lrb- december 20 , 1838 -- july 30 , 1916 -rrb- was a quebec lawyer , notary , judge and political figure .
he was a conservative member of the canadian house of commons who represented richelieu from 1872 to 1874 .
he was born in sorel , lower canada in 1838 .
he articled as a notary , becoming a member of the sorel board of notaries in 1864 .
in 1865 , he was called to the bar of quebec and he was appointed sheriff in the richelieu district in 1866 .
in 1872 , he was elected to the house of commons ; he was defeated in 1874 .
in 1875 , he was elected to the quebec national assembly for richelieu in 1875 and 1878 .
he also served as mayor of sorel from 1876 to 1882 .
in 1881 , he resigned his seat in the provincial legislature to serve as judge in the quebec superior court , serving in joliette and montreal districts until 1909 .
in 1880 , he was appointed queen 's counsel .
he was professor of law at the université laval from 1886 to 1915 .
in 1892 , he was appointed to a royal commission in the province to investigate allegations of corruption in the government of honoré mercier ; he did not complete this task due to health problems .
in 1869 , with adolphe germain , he founded `` la revue légale '' , a legal periodical ; in 1884 , it was purchased by amédée périard but mathieu continued as editor until 1892 .
he published a weekly newspaper in sorel , `` le courrier de richelieu '' , from 1872 to 1874 .
he was editor for `` rapports judiciaires révisés de la province de québec ... '' -lrb- 1891 -- 1905 -rrb- , a 29 volume review of judgements by the province 's courts .
he also published several legal reference books , including editions of the civil and municipal codes .
mathieu died at montreal in 1916 and was buried at sorel .
