Life
Faucher was born in Quebec. His father was seigneur of Beaumont, Vincennes, and Montapeine. He was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. He was interested in a military career.
In 1864 he went to play a part in the conflict in Mexico and became a captain in the 4th Mexican sharpshooters, and afterward was aide-de-camp to General the Viscount Courtois Roussel d'Hurbal. He served through the war, being in eleven battles, thirty-two minor engagements, and at the sieges of Oaxaca and Satillo, at the latter of which he was made prisoner and sentenced to be shot, but was afterward exchanged. While in Mexico, he met Honoré Beaugrand.
He returned to Canada in 1866, and was for the next fourteen years a clerk of the legislative council of the province of Quebec. In 1874 he began putting more effort into his writing. In 1881 he was elected a representative for Bellechasse to the Quebec legislative assembly as a Conservative; he was reelected in 1886 but defeated in 1890.
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Bellechasse | |
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| In office 1881–1890 |
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| Preceded by | Pierre Boutin |
| Succeeded by | Adélard Turgeon |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
He was a commissioner in 1881 from the province of Quebec at the third Geographical Congress and Exhibition in Venice, and while in Europe was created a chevalier of the Legion of Honor for services rendered to France in the Canadian press. He also had been created a knight of the Imperial order of Guadaloupe by Maximilian, and received the medal of the Mexican campaign from Napoleon III.
He was editor of Le journal de Québec (1883-5) then wrote for Le Canadien (1885-6). He contributed largely to the newspaper press in France, Canada, and the United States.
He died at Quebec City at the age of 52.
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