Canadian politician

Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois (November 6, 1846 – September 30, 1926) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Shefford in the Legislative *embly of Quebec from 1888 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1903 as a Liberal.

He was born in Chambly, Canada East, the son of Dr. Charles-Henri Boucher de Grosbois and Émilie-Magdeleine Boucher de Boucherville, the daughter of seigneur Pierre-Amable Boucher de Boucherville. Boucher de Grosbois was educated privately, then at the Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe and McGill University. He received his qualifications as a doctor in 1868 and practised in Longueuil, Saint-Bruno, Roxton Falls and Chambly. In 1870, he was married to Dorothée Bruneau. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in 1872 and for a seat in the Quebec *embly in 1881. Boucher de Grosbois was first elected in an 1888 by-election held after the death of Thomas Br*ard and was reelected in 1890. He was defeated by Adolphe-François Savaria in 1892 and then was reelected in 1897. He resigned from politics in 1903 and returned to the practice of medicine. He was *istant medical director for the Hôpital Saint-Jean-de-Dieu in Montreal from 1918 to 1920. He died in Montreal at the age of 79 and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.

His uncle Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville served as Quebec premier.

References

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National *embly of Quebec.