death_date death_place successor birth_place appointed children party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
26 november 1878 boucherville , quebec charles boucher de boucherville boucherville , lower canada royal proclamation alexandre lacoste conservative senator for montarville , quebec 03 april 1798 october 23 , 1867 louis lacoste
 november 26 , 1878 louis lacoste
louis lacoste

louis lacoste -lrb- april 3 , 1798 -- november 26 , 1878 -rrb- was a quebec notary and political figure .
he was a conservative member of the senate of canada from 1867 to 1878 .
he was born in boucherville in 1798 .
he studied law and became a notary , practicing in boucherville .
in 1834 , he was elected to represent the county of chambly in the legislative assembly of lower canada , serving until 1838 .
he supported louis-joseph papineau and was arrested in december 1837 ; he was released in july 1838 .
he was elected to the legislative assembly of the province of canada for chambly in an 1843 by-election ; he was reelected in 1844 .
he did not run in 1848 but was elected again in an 1849 by-election and reelected in 1851 .
he was elected again in 1858 and resigned in 1861 to run for a seat in the legislative council for montarville division in 1861 .
he served until confederation , when he was named to the senate .
he died in boucherville in 1878 while still in office .
he was the father of alexandre lacoste , who also became a member of the senate .
