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'''Jacques Labrie''' (January 4, 1784 – October 26, 1831) was a physician and political figure in [[Lower Canada]].

He was born at [[Saint-Charles, Quebec|Saint-Charles]] in 1784, the son of farmer Jacques Nau, dit Labry, and studied at the [[Petit Séminaire de Québec]]. He studied medicine with [[François Blanchet (physician)|François Blanchet]] and completed his medical training at [[Edinburgh]] in [[Scotland]]. Labrie was also editor for the ''[[Courier de Québec]]'' from 1806 to 1808. He set up practice first at [[Montreal]] and then at [[Saint-Eustache, Quebec|Saint-Eustache]]. In 1809, he married Marie-Marguerite Gagnier, the daughter of the local notary at Saint-Eustache. Labrie served as surgeon for the militia during the [[War of 1812]]. He founded two schools, one for girls and one for boys, in his parish. In 1827, he was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada]] for York, as a supporter of the [[parti patriote]]. He was elected for the new riding of Deux-Montagnes in 1830 after York was split up.

He died of [[pneumonia]] at Saint-Eustache in 1831 while still in office.

Labrie had written but not completed a history of Canada, which was deposited for safe-keeping in the library of [[Jean-Joseph Girouard]]. The manuscript was destroyed by fire during the [[Lower Canada Rebellion]].

His daughter Zéphirine married [[Jean-Olivier Chénier]], a leader of the Patriotes.

==External links==
* {{QuebecMNAbio|labrie-jacques-3837}}
* {{Cite DCB|2957}}

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Jacques Labrie - Revision history

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