About Pierre Davignon
Lived 1810 – 1878 (aged 67–68). Pierre Davignon was a Canadian physician and politician.
Pierre Alexis Davignon (1810 – October 7, 1878) was a medical doctor and political figure in Canada East. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1848 to 1851.
Davignon studied medicine and was licensed to practise in 1832. He was named commissioner for the Tribunal for Minor Causes in 1836. Davignon married Euphémie Soupras. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1851. Davignon served as mayor of Longueuil from 1853 to 1861. He is believed to have died there in 1878.
His grandson Alexandre Thurber later served in the assembly.
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Canadian politician
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Pierre Davignon was born in 1810.
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Pierre Davignon died on 7 October 1878 in Longueuil.
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Pierre Davignon was a physician and politician.
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