Alexandre-Maurice Delisle was a Montreal businessman and political figure. Trained as a lawyer, he held several public service positions in the governments of Lower Canada and the Province of Canada. In 1841, he was elected to the first Parliament of the Province of Canada, and was one of only two French-Canadian members of the Assembly to vote in favour of the union of Lower Canada and Upper Canada. He resigned his seat in 1843 to return to provincial service, as clerk of the Crown. Although he left electoral politics, he was a strong supporter of the Parti Bleu. In addition to his provincial offices, he was involved in various business activities.

Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry was a soldier, coroner, lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada. From a military family, he acted for the colonial government of Lower Canada during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837, successfully defending Fort Chambly, a major fortification, from an attempt by the Patriotes to capture it. He had a brief political career in the Parliament of the Province of Canada. He then practised as a lawyer, and became a coroner. From 1848 until his death, he was the assistant adjutant-general of the Lower Canada militia.