Arsène Champlain
| Arsène Champlain | |
|---|---|
 Arsène Champlain as Speaker of the Parliament of Quebecshire. | |
| Speaker of the Parliament of Quebecshire | |
| Term | September 16, 1624-September 16, 1634 |
| Predecessor | Position Established |
| Successor | Jacques Bourassa |
| Grandmaster | Yvon Delsarte |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 11, 1582 |
| Died | March 2, 1660 (aged 77) |
| Spouse | Renée Champlain |
| Children | 2 |
| Full name | Arsène Antoine Champlain |
| Father | Antoine Champlain |
| Mother | Marthe Auch |
| Religion | None |
| Signature | File:Champlain signature.png |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | File:Quebecshire Republican Assembly.png Quebecshire Republican Assembly |
| Years of service | 1607-1623 |
| Rank | Assembly Commander-in-Chief |
| Commands Held | Quebecshire Republican Assembly |
Arsène Antoine Champlain (July 11 1582-March 2 1660) was the first Speaker of the Parliament of Quebecshire. He was born in Bostonia to an upper middle-class family. His father was a local bureaucrat and his mother stayed in the home. He possessed an amber Vieroche Crystal that was given to him by his father when he was eighteen. He attended the Bostonian University of the Arts for about two years, studying philosophy. He dropped out in 1600 and pursued a political career, being elected to the Congress of the Cantons in 1603.
In 1607 the Quebecshirite Civil War broke out, and Champlain formed the leadership of the Quebecshire Republican Assembly alongside Marc Johnson, Jacques Bourassa, Jean Mossé, and Enzo Levasseur. The Republican leadership was generally made up of former delegates to the Congress of the Cantons and other influential figures that sympathized with their ideas, but Champlain and his colleagues were the presiding leadership. Nonetheless, neither Johnson nor Levasseur survived the war, leaving Champlain, Bourassa, and Mossé as the main leadership of the Republican side, generally following Champlain’s directives.
On March 4, 1623 Champlain and his colleagues and advisors began meeting with Yvon Delsarte and the Monarchist leadership to discuss a possible end to the unchanging civil war. Champlain defended the Republicans’ interests, but was amicable with Delsarte. By December 17, 1623 the Quebecshire Republican Assembly represented by Champlain signed the Declaration of the Establishment of a New Constitution for a Unified Quebecshirite State with Delsarte’s Monarchist delegation marking the official foundation of the Quebecshirite National Reorganization Council.
With the formal ratification of the new Constitution of Quebecshire on September 16, 1624 Champlain was inaugurated as the first Speaker of the Parliament of Quebecshire. He served two full five year terms. As Speaker of the Parliament he set many legislative precedents and oversaw the expansion of Quebecshirite trade and diplomacy in the aftermath of the civil war. He willingly chose to leave office after his second term in 1934 and was succeeded by his longtime colleague and friend Jacques Bourassa. He lived in the outskirts of Quebecshire City following his retirement from politics and wasn’t seen publicly in a frequent manner, however he did attend the funeral of Yvon Delsarte. He passed away from natural causes in 1660. The Quebecshire Library of Parliament is named after him, and there are many memorials dedicated to him across the nation, typically alongside Delsarte.