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Memorable Manitobans: Andre Beauchemin (1824-1902)
Uncle of Baptiste Beauchemin, he was a delegate to the November 1869 council from St. Vital. Later he was a French delegate from St. Vital to the Convention of Forty (1870) and a councillor in the Provisional Government of 1870. Elected to the provincial legislature in December 1870, he delivered the famous Riel-Lépine letter to Lieutenant-Governor Morris in 1873. He died at Brandon on 13 December 1902. Sources:“Mort d’un ancien depute,” Le Manitoba, 17 December 1902. Death registration [Andre Beauchamp], Manitoba Vital Statistics. Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999. We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 25 April 2023
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