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François Béchard

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Appointed by
  
Wilfrid Laurier

Role
  
Political figure

Preceded by
  
Alphonse Desjardins

Died
  
April 13, 1897


Succeeded by
  
Raoul Dandurand

Party
  
Liberal Party of Canada

Name
  
Francois Bechard

Resigned
  
April 13, 1897

Francois Bechard

Preceded by
  
District was created in 1867.

Succeeded by
  
District was abolished in 1892.

Preceded by
  
District was created in 1892.

François Béchard (April 18, 1830 – April 13, 1897) was a Quebec farmer and political figure. He represented Iberville and then St. Johns—Iberville in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1896. He was a member of the Senate of Canada for De Lorimier division from 1896 to 1897.

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He was born in Mount Johnson (now Mont-Saint-Grégoire), Lower Canada in 1830, the son of François Béchard and Clémence Gozette, and educated at the College of Saint-Hyacinthe. He served as a major in the local militia and was mayor of Saint-Grégoire. Béchard was named to the Senate in September 1896 and died in 1897 in Montreal while still in office.

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