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Augustin-Norbert Morin, Patriote and co-premier

Augustin-Norbert Morin, about 1865 (Jules-Isaïe Benoît). Augustin-Norbert Morin assis · Jules-Isaïe Benoît · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Augustin-Norbert Morin, lawyer and journalist, entered Lower Canada’s Assembly for Bellechasse in 1830, helped write the Parti patriote’s 92 Resolutions and took part in the Rebellion of 1837. In the Province of Canada he was co-premier with Francis Hincks and Allan MacNab, and in 1854 his government abolished the seigneurial system in Canada East. As a Superior Court judge from 1855, he helped draft the Civil Code of Lower Canada.

Scope & context

Morin as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

Augustin-Norbert Morin National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text