Louis Beaubien (July 27, 1837 – July 19, 1915) was a Canadian politician. Early life Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, the son of Pierre Beaubien, a physician and politician, and Marie-Justine Casgrain, he was one of the founders of Outremont. Political career In 1867, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Hochelaga. He was also elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Conservative candidate for the Quebec riding of Hochelaga in the 1872 federal election. He resigned once it was no longer allowed to hold both federal and provincial offices. He was re-elected in 1875, 1878, and acclaimed in 1881. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1876 to 1878. He did not run in the 1886 election. In 1891, he was named commissioner of agriculture and colonization in the cabinet of Charles Boucher de Boucherville. Beaubien was acclaimed in the 1892 election. He would remain in this post in the cabinets of Louis-Olivier Taillon and Edmund James Flynn. He was defeated in the 1897 election. Personal life In 1882, he was the 30th President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal. In 1864, he married Suzanne Lauretta Stuart. They had four sons and four daughters, including Charles-Philippe Beaubien, the Canadian senator. He is the grandfather of Louis-Philippe Beaubien, also a Canadian senator. He was a cousin of Charles Eusèbe Casgrain and, his son, Philippe Baby Casgrain. Beaubien died in 1915 and is buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery. Electoral history See also 1st Canadian Parliament 2nd Canadian Parliament 3rd Canadian Parliament 4th Canadian Parliament 5th Canadian Parliament 6th Canadian Parliament 7th Canadian Parliament 8th Canadian Parliament References Louis Beaubien and family fonds at Library and Archives Canada. 1837 births 1915 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Montreal Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery