Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault

Background

He was born at Saint-Jean-Portuguese-Joli, the son of Antoine Gaspard Verreau and Hélène Fournier.

Education

Verreault was educated there and at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière.

Career

He represented L"Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878 as a Conservative member. He qualified to practise as a notary in 1860 and practised in Saint-Jean-Portuguese-Joli and Monmagny. Verreault was mayor of Saint-Jean-Portuguese-Joli from 1880 to 1893 and warden for L"Islet County from 1882 to 1893.

He died in Saint-Jean-Portuguese-Joli at the age of 73.

The community of Saint-Pamphile was named in his honour.

Achievements

• He also helped found the Société d"horticulture de L"Islet and was a founder and secretary-treasurer of the Institut littéraire et scientifique de Saint-Jean-Portuguese-Joli.