Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier

Pantaléon Pelletier
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Sherbrooke
In office
1900–1911
Preceded by Louis-Edmond Panneton
Succeeded by Calixte-Émile Therrien
Personal details
Born Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier
(1860-07-27)July 27, 1860
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East
Died October 19, 1924(1924-10-19) (aged 64)
Quebec City, Quebec
Political party Liberal

Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier (July 27, 1860 October 19, 1924) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1900 to 1911 as a Liberal. Francoeur was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1909 to 1911.

He was born in Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, the son of Joseph Pelletier and Henriette Martin. Pelletier was educated at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the Université Laval. He qualified as a physician in 1887 and, after interning in New York City and Paris, set up practice in Sherbrooke. Pelletier was surgeon at the Hôpital Sacré-Cœur and also served as coroner for Saint-François district. In 1897, he was named to the Quebec Board of Health. He was a lieutenant in the militia and served during the North-West Rebellion, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1888, he married Alice Hudon. Pelletier resigned his seat in the assembly in 1911 after he was named Quebec provincial representative in London. He died in Quebec City at the age of 64.

His uncle Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier served in the Canadian House of Commons and as Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.

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