Aquin. David St-Preux is named as its deputy in Donat’s speech.

“But what am I saying, costly? I have faith enough in your patriotism, honorable Constituents, to hope that you will know how to make without effort the sacrifice our country awaits of you. Let me be permitted to appeal to the past conduct of some honorable colleagues who sit within these walls; let me be permitted to remind the Dumesles, the David St-Preux, the Beaugés of the days when, admirable in their fidelity to their mandate and braving every danger for the commonwealth, they thundered from the height of the national tribune against the profusion of epaulettes and against the onerous expenditures of the State. (1) Ardent and intrepid tribunes, I shall say to them, remain what you have been; in the interest of your glory, remain faithful to the principles whose energetic expression won you the popularity and the high esteem you enjoy: lay down the military insignia that disguise from our eyes the courageous deputies of Les Cayes, of Aquin and of La Grande-Rivière; take up again the legislator’s coat and the modest sash whose noble simplicity was so well matched to the majesty of your speech when you defended the rights of the people so eloquently against the encroachments of power.”