Louis Olivier Bourbeau was born on 2 March 1811 in Poitiers, Vienne, France.

In 1835 he married Anne Louise Arnault Ménardière, daughter of a solicitor of the Court of Appeal of Poitiers.

He was very active in the Assembly, but the next year retired from politics to devote himself to his legal practice and teaching position.

He was elected to the Legislative Corps on 22 November 1869, and in March 1870 was rapporteur for the plan to abolish the death penalty.

[1] Louis Olivier Bourbeau died at Fontaine, Vienne, on 6 October 1877.