Amédée Gaboury
Amédée Gaboury (March 26, 1838 – June 11, 1912) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Laval in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1883 to 1884 as a Liberal.
Amédée Gaboury | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Laval | |
| In office 1883–1884 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Évariste Leblanc |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Évariste Leblanc |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26, 1838 Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada |
| Died | June 11, 1912 (aged 74) Saint-Martin (Laval), Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Relations | Tancrède-Charles Gaboury, brother |
He was born in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Gaboury and Rosalie Ayet dit Malo. He was educated at the Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Victoria School of Medicine at Montreal. He qualified as a doctor in 1862 and set up practice at Saint-Martin. Martin was married twice: to Virginie Lavoie in 1873 and later to Rosalie Picard. He was elected in an 1883 by-election held after the election of Pierre-Évariste Leblanc was declared invalid. His election was overturned by the Quebec Superior Court in 1884 and he lost the subsequent by-election to Leblanc. He died in Saint-Martin at the age of 73.
His brother Tancrède-Charles also served in the Quebec assembly.
References
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.