Louis Turgeon

Louis Turgeon was a notary, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Beaumont, in the French colony of Canada in 1762, studied at the Petit Séminaire [de Québec], articled as a notary and was licensed to practice in 1792. He set up his office at Saint-Charles near Quebec City. He was named a justice of the peace in Quebec district in 1794. In 1804, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Hertford [County, Quebec|Hertford], usually supporting the parti canadien; he was reelected in 1808 and then in 1816. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1821. In 1818, he resigned his seat when he was appointed to the Legislative [Council of Lower Canada]. He had inherited part of the seigneury of Beaumont in 1768 when his mother died; by 1819, he had become principal seigneur for Beaumont.
He died in Saint-Charles in 1827.
His daughter Marie-Ermine married Louis-Michel Viger. His cousin Joseph-Ovide Turgeon also served in the legislative assembly.