Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
(1820-1890)
Avocat, humaniste et homme de lettres, P.-J.-O. Chauveau s'engagea en politique comme député de Québec, en 1843. Premier chef de l'État québécois au lendemain de la Confédération, il obtint de difficiles consensus concernant l'organisation de l'appareil étatique, le partage de la dette du Canada Uni, et la question scolaire qui opposait catholiques et protestants, P.-J.-O. Chauveau consacra une grande ardeur à mettre sur pied le système d'éducation du Québec, créant notamment les écoles normales.
L'homme politique mena parallèlement une carrière littéraire dont sont issus plusieurs poèmes et essais: son roman, Charles Guérin, s'attache à l'évocation des moeurs québécoises des années 1830. Président en 1884 de la Société royale du Canada, où l'attirait son appétit intellectuel, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau devint cette même année doyen de la faculté de droit de l'Université Laval
It was in this house, built in 1732 for the merchant Charles Berthelot, that Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, leader of the Conservative Party and Premier of the Province of Quebec from 1867 to 1873, lived until his death.
Lawyer, humanist and man of letters, P.-J.-O. Chauveau became a member of Parliament for Quebec in 1843. The first head of the Quebec state after Confederation, he obtained a difficult consensus regarding the organization of the state apparatus, the sharing of Canada's debt, and the school question which opposed Catholics and Protestants. P.-J.-O. Chauveau devoted a great deal of enthusiasm to setting up the education system in Quebec, notably creating normal schools.
At the same time, the politician led a literary career from which several poems and essays emerged: his novel, Charles Guérin, focused on the evocation of the Quebec mores of the 1830s. President of the Royal Society of Canada in 1884, which attracted his intellectual appetite, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau became that same year Dean of the Faculty of Law of Laval University in Montreal, and kept this post until his death, in 1890; he was 69 years old.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1732.
Location. 46° 48.785′ N, 71° 12.375′ W. Marker is in Québec, in Communauté-Urbaine-de-Québec. It is in Haute-Ville. Marker is on Rue Sainte-Anne, 0.1 kilometers west of rue du Fort, on the right when traveling west. Rue Sainte-Anne is pedestrian only in this area. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 22 rue Sainte-Anne, Québec G1R 3X3, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Home of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph (within shouting distance of this marker); hic lacet franciscus de Laval / Here lies François de Laval (within shouting distance of this marker); Chapelle funéraire de Champlain / Champlain's Funeral Chapel (within shouting distance of this marker); Plaque of the first Presbytery of Notre-Dame (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); La Cathédrale Épiscopale de la Sainte-Trinité/ Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (about 90 meters away); Seneschal’s Court (about 120 meters away); Québec Court House (about 120 meters away); The VII Royal Fusiliers (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Québec.
Also see . . .
1. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau at Historica Canada
. (Submitted on September 8, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau à Histoire du Québec. (Submitted on September 8, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
3. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau at Find A Grave. (Submitted on September 8, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
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