s mother, 1825. Educated at Nicolet College; studied
law, and called to the bar, 1836. Elected to the Assembly for Montreal,
1843, but prevented from taking his seat by the dissolution of the
Assembly. Defeated in the general election that followed, but in the
same year elected for Portneuf. Held office in the La Fontaine-Baldwin
ministry as solicitor-general for Lower Canada, 1848-1851, and became
attorney-general for Lower Canada in the Hincks-Morin government, 1851.
Held office under various administrations until 1856, when he resigned,
owing to a dispute over the leadership of the Assembly. Again took
office as attorney-general in the short-lived Brown-Dorion
administration, 1861, and as commissioner of public works in the
Macdonald-Dorion government, 1863. In the same year defeated for
re-election and retired from political life. Appointed a judge of the
Superior Court for Lower Canada, 1864. Retired, 1873. Died in Montreal.
=Index=: =E= One of the leaders of the Liberals in Lower Canada in 1851,
109; becomes attorney-general for Lower Canada in Hincks-Morin
government, 113; retains same portfolio in reconstructed ministry, 126;
and in MacNab-Morin ministry, 141; takes a leading part in settlement of
the Seigniorial Tenure, 186. =B= Enters George Brown's ministry, 102.
=Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Du Bois d'Egriseilles, Abbe J. B.= =L= Devotes his fortune to religious
work at Montreal, 135.

=Du Calvet, Pierre.= Under the French regime engaged in the fur trade,
and, having acquired considerable wealth, remained in the colony after
the conquest. In 1764 made a magistrate and justice of the peace.
Vigorously opposed an ordinance of 1770 regulating the administration of
justice, and on several subsequent occasions clashed with the executive
authority. Suspected by Haldimand of having been in secret
correspondence with the United States, and arrested in September, 1780;
from November, 1780, to May, 1783, kept in confinement without the
opportunity of a legal trial. In 1784 went to England, where he
denounced Haldimand and sought redress before the British ministry. In
this connection published an "_Appel a la Justice de l'Etat_," setting
forth his personal grievances, but concluding with a carefully prepared
plan of government, which was considered as the basis for that adopted
in the Constitutional Act of 1791. Complaints were not favourably
received, and returned to Canada. In March, 1786, left New York for