Career
He represented Soulanges in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1861 to 1863. He was born in Terrebonne, the son of François-Hyacinthe Prévost and Angélique-Athalie Turgeon, and established himself in business at Saint-Polycarpe. Prévost was defeated when he ran for election to the assembly in 1863.
He was mayor of Saint-Polycarpe from 1868 to 1872 and from 1878 to 1881.
Prévost was married twice: to Mary Ellen McIntosh in 1853 and then to Marie Giroux in 1856.
