About Joseph-Balsora Turgeon
Lived 1816 – 1897 (aged 80–81). Joseph-Balsora Turgeon was a Canadian politician.
Joseph-Balsora Turgeon (1810 – July 17, 1897) was the first French-Canadian mayor of Bytown, Canada. He was born in Terrebonne, Quebec in 1810 and came to Bytown in around 1836. He was elected to the town council in 1848, 1849, 1851 and 1852. In 1852, he became a school trustee and also founded L'Institut canadien-français d'Ottawa. He became mayor of Bytown in 1853.
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Joseph-Balsora Turgeon was born in 1816 in Terrebonne.
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Joseph-Balsora Turgeon died on 17 July 1897 in Hull.
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Joseph-Balsora Turgeon was a politician.
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Joseph-Balsora Turgeon was Canadian.
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