- Louis Renaud
Louis Renaud (
October 3 1818 –November 13 1878 ) was aQuebec businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative Party of Canada member of theSenate of Canada representing De Salaberry division from 1867 to 1873.He was born in Lachine,
Lower Canada in 1818 and studied at the Collège de Nicolet. His father became ill and Louis and his brother Jean-Baptiste had to begin work at a young age. He later went into business with his brother and then, around 1856, with John Young. Renaud was heavily involved in the grain and flour trade. In 1856, he was elected to theLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Salaberry division and he was reelected in 1864 by acclamation. After Confederation, he was named to the Senate and served until he was forced to resign because of ill health in 1873. His son-in-law,François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel , was named to the same seat in the Senate.He died in Sainte-Martine in 1878 and was buried in the
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery atMontreal .External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5225 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=1917&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/q-r/RENAL.htm Biography from Assemblée nationale du Québec] fr icon
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