Thomas Marchildon

Thomas Marchildon (February 27, 1805 – May 17, 1858) was a businessman, farmer and political figure in Canada East.

He was born in Batiscan in 1805 and became a farmer there. With one of his brothers, he also owned a shipbuilding yard. Marchildon was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Champlain in 1851; he was reelected in 1854 as a member of the parti rouge. In 1858, he was defeated in the same riding by his cousin, Joseph-Édouard Turcotte. He opposed the construction of the North Shore Railway.

In 1858, he was found drowned in the well on his farm. He was believed to have suffered an attack of apoplexy although some people thought that he had committed suicide; the coroner found that his death had been accidental.

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  • "Thomas Marchildon". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  • Les députés de la région des Trois-Rivières, F-J Audet (1934)
Political offices
Preceded by
Louis Guillet, Reformer		 MLA, District of Champlain
1851–1858		 Succeeded by
Joseph-Édouard Turcotte, Parti bleu
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