Nérée Tétreau

Nérée Tétreau (April 12, 1842 – January 25, 1911) was a notary, land owner and political figure in Quebec. He represented Ottawa electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative.

He was born in Saint-Damase, Canada East, the son of Antoine Tétreau and Adélaïde Ayet, dit Malo. Tétreau was educated there, at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Séminaire de Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir. He qualified to practise as a notary in 1866 and set up practice in Hull, Quebec. In 1868, he married Adèle Leduc. Tétreau was secretary-treasurer for the Hull school board from 1866 to 1868 and for the town of Hull from 1870 to 1875. He died in Hull at the age of 68.

The Val-Tétreau neighbourhood and Val-Tétreau District of Gatineau were named in his honour.[1]

References
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  1. "Rapport d'analyse, Comite de Topynym, Ville de Gatineau (2008)" (PDF). (in French)


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