- Hippolyte Montplaisir
Hippolyte Montplaisir was a Canadian politician. [ [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item={98A7E8F3-9A89-4F06-A046-7872A8B296DA}&Language=E Hippolyte Montplaisir, ParlInfo, Canadian Parliament] ]
Background
He was born on
March 7 ,1839 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine,Lower Canada and was the son of Paschal Montplaisir and Victoire Crevier. He was educated at Trois-Rivières and was a farmer.Political career
He was first elected to the
Canadian House of Commons for Champlain in the 1874 federal election. ALiberal-Conservative , he was re-elected in 1878, 1882, and 1887. In 1891, he was appointed to the Senate on the advice ofJohn Alexander Macdonald representing theSenatorial Division of Shawinegan , Quebec. He served as an MP and senator for 53 years until his death in 1927.Death
He died on
June 20 ,1927 .Honors
"Rue Montplaisir" (Montplaisir Street) in Cap-de-la-Madeleine was named to honor him.
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