Amable Berthelot
Amable Berthelot | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Trois-Rivières (two-member constituency) | |
| In office 1814–1816 | |
| Preceded by | Mathew Bell and Thomas Coffin |
| Succeeded by | Charles Richard Ogden and Pierre Vézina |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Trois-Rivières (two-member constituency) | |
| In office 1824–1827 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Badeaux and Charles Richard Ogden |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin and Charles Richard Ogden |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Quebec (Upper Town) (two-member constituency) | |
| In office 1834–1838 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-François-Joseph Duval and Andrew Stuart |
| Succeeded by | None; position abolished when Constitution suspended |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Kamouraska | |
| In office 1841 – 1847 (two elections) | |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Canac, dit Marquis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1777 Quebec City, |
| Died | November 24, 1847 (aged 70) Quebec City, Old Province of Quebec |
| Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
| Political party | Lower Canada: Government Party (Parti de Bureaucrates) Province of Canada: Independent |
| Spouse | Unmarried |
| Relations |
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| Children | 2: daughter and son (adopted) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Britain |
| Branch/service | Lower Canada militia |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 1st Battalion of the Trois-Rivières militia |
| Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Amable Berthelot (February 10, 1777 – November 24, 1847) was a Canadien lawyer, author and political figure. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and later to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. Trained as a lawyer, he was an avid book-collector, at one point having a personal library of some fifteen hundred volumes. He did not support those who took up arms during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. He never married, but adopted two children, a boy and a girl. His daughter married Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, later co-premier of the Province of Canada. He was a literary mentor to François-Xavier Garneau.