Robert Christie

Born at Windsor, N.S., Christie was admitted to the Québec bar in 1817. Elected in 1827 to represent Gaspé in the Legislative Assembly, he was expelled for alleged partisanship while Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of Québec. Between 1829 and 1834 he was five times elected to the Assembly and five times expelled. He was again elected in 1841 to represent Gaspé in the Parliament of United Canada and held his seat until 1854. He devoted much of his time to historical research and published a series of political memoirs which were incorporated in his History of the Late Province of Lower Canada. He died at Québec.

Né à Windsor (Nouvelle-Écosse), Christie fut admis au barreau du Bas- Canada en 1817. Député de Gaspé en 1827, il fut expulsé sous l’imputation de partisannerie à titre de président de la cour correctionnelle de Québec. Réélu cinq fois et expulsé autant de fois, ce n’est que sous le régime de l’Union qu’il put prendre son siège à l’Assemblée législative (1841-1854). Auteur de mémoires sur les administrations des gouverneurs de l’époque, il en fit une synthèse son History of the late Province of Lower Canada qui prisa, entre autres, Papineau. Christie est mort à Québec.