Joseph Robillard

Background

He was born in Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie, Lower Canada, the son of Maurice Robillard and Marguerite Hilaire, dit Bonaventure, and was educated there.

Career

He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1886 as a Conservative. Robillard became a navigator, then a farmer and merchant dealing in grain and hay at Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie then Montreal. In 1873, Robillard married Annie de Lorimier.

He was defeated by Louis Sylvestre when he ran for reelection in 1886.

Robillard died in Montréal and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in 1905. His body was later moved to a cemetery in Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie in 1912.

Achievements

• He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in 1878. His election in 1880 was appealed but he won the subsequent by-election.

Membership

He was a member of the Montreal Board of Trade. He was the uncle of Joseph-Israël Tarte who was also a member of the Quebec assembly.