Joseph Badeaux (25 September 1777 – 12 September 1835) was the son of Jean-Baptiste Badeaux and, in 1792, he began articling to become a notary. His clerkship was with his brother Antoine-Isidore, who, like their father, was of the notarial profession. He was commissioned to practise in 1798. His practice quickly became successful and Joseph rose to prominence in his home town of Trois-Rivières and also rose through the militia. He was a captain during the War of 1812 and reached the rank of major in 1822.
He was also active in politics and served a number of terms as a member of the Lower Canada House of Assembly starting in 1808.
His second wife, Geneviève, was the daughter of judge Michel-Amable Berthelot Dartigny.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- "Joseph Badeaux". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
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| Preceded by Louis-Charles Foucher, Tory Ezekiel Hart, Tory | MLA, District of Trois-Rivières with Ezekiel Hart, Tory Mathew Bell, Tory 1808–1810 | Succeeded by Thomas Coffin, Tory Mathew Bell, Tory |
| Preceded by Marie-Joseph Godefroy de Tonnancour, Parti Canadien Charles Richard Ogden, Tory | MLA, District of Trois-Rivières with Charles Richard Ogden, Tory 1820–1824 | Succeeded by Amable Berthelot, Parti Canadien Étienne Ranvoyzé, Parti Canadien |