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[[File:Marc Pascal de Sales Laterrière.png|thumb|Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière]]
'''Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière''' ({{IPA|fr|maʁk paskal də sal latɛʁjɛʁ}}; March 25, 1792 &ndash; March 29, 1872) was a [[Quebec]] doctor, [[seigneurial system of New France|seigneur]] and political figure.

He was born in [[Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec|Baie-du-Febvre]], [[Lower Canada]] in 1792, the son of [[Pierre de Sales Laterrière]] who became the seigneur of Les Éboulements. Laterrière studied at the [[Petit Séminaire of Quebec]] and went on to study medicine in Philadelphia. He served as surgeon with the militia during the [[War of 1812]] and set up practice in Lower Town, [[Quebec City]] until 1816. Laterrière then returned to Les Éboulements to take on his responsibilities as seigneur. He married Eulalie-Antoinette, the daughter of merchant [[Claude Dénéchau]]. He represented [[Northumberland County, Quebec|Northumberland County]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada]] from 1824 to 1830 and then [[Saguenay County, Quebec|Saguenay County]] from 1830 until 1832, when he was appointed to the [[Legislative Council of Lower Canada|Legislative Council]]. In 1838, he was named to the [[Special Council of Lower Canada|Special Council]] that governed [[Lower Canada]] after the [[Rebellions of 1837]]. He opposed union with [[Upper Canada]] but, was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]] in an 1845 by-election for [[Saguenay (Province of Canada electoral district, 1841)|Saguenay]] and was reelected in 1848 and 1851. Also in 1848, Laterrière was named adjutant-general of the militia of Lower Canada and, so, had to run again for the same seat in a by-election held later that year. In 1856, he was elected to the [[Legislative Council of the Province of Canada|Legislative Council]] in Laurentides division. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1867.

Laterrière died at [[Les Éboulements, Quebec|Les Éboulements]] in 1872.

His daughter Eugénie married [[Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier]], who later became a member of the Canadian Senate and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

==External links==
*{{Cite DCB |first=Jean-Pierre |last=Gagnon |title=Laterrière, Marc-Pascal de Sales |volume=10 |url=https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/laterriere_marc_pascal_de_sales_10E.html}}
*{{QuebecMNAbio|sales-laterriere-marc-pascal-de-5277}}
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.00518/3 |title=La famille de Sales Laterrière |first=H-R |last=Casgrain |date=1870 |location=Québec |publisher= |language=fr}}

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