J. B. Turgeon

Joseph Balsora Turgeon
Mayor of Bytown
Assumed office
1853
Preceded by Richard William Scott
Succeeded by Henry J. Friel
Personal details
Born 1810
Terrebonne, Quebec
Died July 17, 1897
Hull, Quebec
Religion Roman Catholic

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.[1] Turgeon proposed the establishment of a Separate School system in Bytown and also lobbied for more French-speaking teachers. He also suggested a new name rich in history, Ottawa, for the town.

He died in Hull, Quebec in 1897 and buried at Notre Dame Cemetery.[2]


References

  1. ↑ Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005)
  2. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=SKxwbOUKZYEC&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q&f=false
Bibliography
  • Pelletier, Jean Yves (2006), L’Institut canadien-français d’Ottawa (1852 à 2002), Ottawa, Ontario: Jean Yves Pelletier 
Political offices
Preceded by
Richard William Scott		 Mayor of Bytown
1853 		Succeeded by
Henry J. Friel


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