Pierre Boucher de la Bruère
- Pierre Boucher de la Bruère
Pierre Boucher de la Bruère (5 July 1837 – 6 March 1917) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, office holder, and politician.
Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada, the son of Pierre-Claude Boucher de La Bruère and Hippolyte Boucher de Labroquerie, he studied at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. From 1857 to 1858 he studied law at the Université Laval and he was called to the bar of Lower Canada in 1860. He started practicing law in Saint-Hyacinthe and was protonotary for the judicial district of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1870 to 1875. In 1875, he became editor of "Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe" and became owner in 1877.
In 1877, he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for the Rougemont division. A Quebec Conservative, he was Speaker of the Council from 1882 to 1889 and again from 1892 to 1895. He resigned in 1895 and was appointed superintendency of public instruction.
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