Background
He was born in Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, the son of Joseph Pelletier and Henriette Martin.
politician Member of the National Assembly
He was born in Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, the son of Joseph Pelletier and Henriette Martin.
Pelletier was educated at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the Université Laval.
He represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1900 to 1911 as a Liberal. Francoeur was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1909 to 1911. He qualified as a physician in 1887 and, after interning in New York City and Paris, set up practice in Sherbrooke.
Pelletier was surgeon at the Hôpital Sacré-Cœur and also served as coroner for Saint-François district.
In 1897, he was named to the Quebec Board of Health. He was a lieutenant in the militia and served during the North-West Rebellion, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Pelletier resigned his seat in the assembly in 1911 after he was named Quebec provincial representative in London. He died in Quebec City at the age of 64.