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[[Image:William-lovett.jpg|thumb|William Lovett, leader of the Chartist movement of England]]William Lovett, one of the founders of the [[wikipedia:Chartism|Chartist movement]], wrote an address to the people of Canada in support of their efforts to resist the unconstitutional decision of the British government to take money from the Provincial Chest without the assent of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (Quebec).

Born in Ireland in 1794, he studied at the Trinity College in Dublin, and later presumably at the Royal College of Surgeons. He practiced medecine and surgery in his home country. He arrived in Lower Canada in 1825 and settled in Montreal. On December 12, 1828, he founded the bi-weekly newspaper ''The Irish Vindicator and and Canada General Advertiser'' which later became the ''The Vindicator and Canada General Advertiser''. In 1832, after writing that the Legislative Council was a public nuisance, he was arrested for diffamation along with Ludger Duvernay of La Minerve and was sent to prison from January 17 to February 25. He was elected in the Montréal-Ouest riding on May 22, 1832. He died in service on July 18, 1832 at the age of 38, during the cholera epidemic.