Background
He was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada, the son of Antoine Casavant dit Ladébauche and Marie Benoît, and was educated at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe.
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Antoine Casavant
Edit Profilepolitician Member of the National Assembly
Career
He represented Bagot in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1886 as a Conservative. His name also appears as Antoine Casavant dit Ladébauche. Casavant served as a captain in the militia, a justice of the peace and a commissioner for the trial of minor causes.
He helped found a beet sugar plant at Farnham.
Casavant served on the municipal council for Saint-Dominique. He ran unsuccessfully for the Saint-Hyacinthe seat in the Quebec assembly in 1878 and 1879.
Casavant died in Saint-Dominique at the age of 65.
Membership
He was also president of the agricultural society for Bagot County and a member of the Quebec agricultural council.
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Born
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative Party of Quebec