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royal proclamation pierre-Étienne fortin 07 may 1887 st-grégoire le grand , lower canada plessisville , quebec napoléon-charles cormier nationalist liberal senator for kennebec , quebec 22 june 1813 1867 charlescormier23.jpg charles cormier
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charles cormier

charles cormier -lrb- june 22 , 1813 -- may 7 , 1887 -rrb- was a quebec businessman and political figure .
he was a nationalist liberal member of the senate of canada for kennebec division from 1867 to 1887 .
he was born into a family of acadian descent in saint-grégoire-le-grand , lower canada in 1813 and studied there and at trois-rivières .
he was employed on a commission basis at a store in montreal , later becoming the owner of his own store in 1839 .
he opened a store at plessisville , where he also operated mills , farmed and later established a foundery .
cormier served as school commissioner and captain in the local militia .
he was a member of the patriote organization fils de la liberté , but did not take part in the lower canada rebellion .
he served several terms as mayor of plessisville .
in 1862 , he was elected to the legislative council of the province of canada ; after confederation , he was named to the senate .
he died in plessisville in 1887 .
his son napoléon-charles also served as mayor of the town and was a member of the legislative council of quebec .
