Wilfrid Prévost

Wilfrid Prévost
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Two Mountains
In office
1872–1875
Preceded by Jean-Baptiste Daoust
Succeeded by Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Rigaud
In office
1888–1898
Preceded by Eustache Prud'homme
Succeeded by Joseph Lanctôt
Personal details
Born (1832-04-30)April 30, 1832
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada
Died February 15, 1898(1898-02-15) (aged 65)
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Political party Liberal

Wilfrid Prévost (April 30, 1832 – February 15, 1898) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Two Mountains in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1875.

He was born in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada in 1832 and studied at the Collège Saint-Sulpice at Montreal, the Collège de l'Assomption and the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. Prévost articled in law and was admitted to the bar in 1853. He practiced at Terrebonne, Sainte-Scholastique, Montreal and Saint-Jérôme. He was named Queen's Counsel in 1878. Prevost served several terms as mayor for Sainte-Scholastique and was also warden for Deux-Montagnes County. He was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Rigaud division in 1888. He died at Saint-Jérôme in 1898 and was buried at Terrebonne.

His son Jean was a member of the Quebec legislative assembly and served in the provincial cabinet. His older brother Gédéon-Mélasippe served in the legislative assembly of the Province of Canada.

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