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| office           = Member of the [[Legislative Council of the Province of Canada]] for Repentigny
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| term_start       = 1858
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| birth_place      = [[L'Assomption, Quebec|L'Assomption]], [[Lower Canada]]
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'''Pierre-Urgel Archambault''' (January 11, 1812 &ndash; August 19, 1871) was a [[Quebec]] businessman and political figure.

He was born in [[L'Assomption, Quebec|L'Assomption]], [[Lower Canada]] in 1812 and studied at the [[Petit Séminaire de Montréal]]. In 1835, he married Joséphine, the daughter of [[Benjamin Beaupré]]. He was mayor of L'Assomption from 1847 to 1854. He served in the local militia becoming lieutenant-colonel. In 1858, he was elected to the [[Legislative Council of the Province of Canada]] for Repentigny division and served until [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]]. Archambault was president of the Société d’Agriculture of L’Assomption and helped establish the École d’Agriculture de L’Assomption, an agricultural school. In 1867, he ran unsuccessfully in L'Assomption for a seat in the House of Commons.

He died at L'Assomption in 1871.

His brother Alexandre also served as mayor of L’Assomption and as a member of the legislative assembly. His daughter Athala married Ludger Forest, who later represented L'Assomption in the Quebec legislative assembly. His daughter Louise-Georgiana married [[Louis-Olivier Taillon]], who later became premier of Quebec.
{{1867 Canadian federal election/L'Assomption}}
==References==
* {{DictCanbio|ID=4798}}
* {{QuebecMLCbio|archambault-pierre-urgel-11}}

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