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Charles Ignace Gill

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Preceded by
  
Joseph Duguay

Died
  
September 16, 1901

Role
  
Political figure


Name
  
Charles-Ignace Gill

Resigned
  
1879

Charles-Ignace Gill

Born
  
March 12, 1844 Saint-Francois-du-Lac, Canada East (
1844-03-12
)

Relations
  
Ignace Gill, father Louis-Adelard Senecal, father-in-law

Party
  
Conservative Party of Canada

Succeeded by
  
Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille

Preceded by
  
Louis-Adelard Senecal

Charles-Ignace Gill (March 12, 1844 – September 16, 1901) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Yamaska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1871 to 1874 and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1874 to 1879.

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He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada in 1844, the son of Ignace Gill and studied at the Collège de Nicolet and the Université Laval. He articled in law with Ulric-Joseph Tessier, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and set up practice at Sorel. In 1870, he married Marie-Rosalie-Delphine, the daughter of Louis-Adélard Senécal. In 1871, he was elected to the provincial assembly. He resigned in 1874 to run for a seat in the House of Commons. He resigned in 1879 when he was named as a judge to the Quebec Superior Court in Richelieu district; in 1886, he was named to Montreal district. He was also a director of the Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway.

He died in Montreal in 1901.

References

Charles-Ignace Gill Wikipedia