Raymond Préfontaine
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Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine (September 16 1850 – December 25 1905) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Longueuil, Quebec, he studied at the law faculty of McGill College and was called to the bar in 1873. He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1899.
In 1875, he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding on Chambly. A Liberal, he was defeated in 1878. He was re-elected in a 1879 by-election, but was defeated again in 1881.
He was acclaimed to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Chambly in a 1886 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in every election until dying in office in 1905. From 1902 to 1905, he was the Minister of Marine and Fisheries.
From 1879 to 1883, he was the mayor of Hochelaga. From 1898 to 1902, he was the mayor of Montreal. The Préfontaine metro station is named in his honour.
[edit] External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
- Raymond PRÉFONTAINE at the Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)
| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by Pierre-Basile Benoit | Member of Parliament for Chambly 1886–1896 | Succeeded by Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion Electoral district was renamed to Chambly—Verchères in 1893. |
| Preceded by The electoral district was created in 1892. | Member of Parliament for Maisonneuve 1896–1905 | Succeeded by Alphonse Verville |
| Preceded by Léon Adolphe Chauvin | Member of Parliament for Terrebonne 1900–1902 | Succeeded by Samuel Desjardins |
Ministers of Fisheries Image:Flag of Canada.svg | |
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| Ministers of Marine and Fisheries (1867-1930) | Mitchell · Smith · Pope · McLelan · Foster · Tupper · Costigan · Davies · Sutherland · Préfontaine · Laurier (acting) · Brodeur · Lemieux · Hazen · Ballantyne · Lapointe · Cardin · Black (acting) · Patenaude (acting) · Cardin (acting) |
| Ministers of Fisheries (1930-1969) | Macmillan · Rhodes · Duranleau (acting) · Stirling (acting) · Ernst · Michaud · Bertrand · Bridges · Bertrand (acting) · Gregg · MacKinnon · Mayhew · Sinclair · MacLean · Robichaud · Davis |
| Minister of Fisheries and Forestry (1969-1971) | Davis |
| Ministers of the Environment (1971-1976)1 | Davis · Sauvé · LeBlanc (acting) · Marchand · LeBlanc (acting) |
| Ministers of State (Fisheries) (1974-1976) | LeBlanc |
| Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1976-1979) | LeBlanc |
| Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans (1979-) | LeBlanc · McGrath · LeBlanc · de Bané · Breau · Fraser · Nielsen (acting) · Siddon · Valcourt · Crosbie · Reid · Tobin · Dingwall (acting) · Mifflin · Anderson · Dhaliwal · Thibault · Regan · Hearn |
| 1From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries. | |
Mayors of Montreal | |
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| Viger · McGill · Bourret · Ferrier · Mills · Bourret (again) · Fabre · Wilson · Nelson · Starnes · Rodier · Beaudry · Starnes (again) · Workman · Coursol · Cassidy · Bernard · Hingston · Beaudry (again) · Rivard · Beaudry (again) · Beaugrand · Abbott · Grenier · McShane · Desjardins · Villeneuve · Wilson-Smith · Préfontaine · Cochrane · Laporte · Ekers · Payette · Guerin · Lavallée · Martin · Duquette · Martin (again) · Houde · Rinfret · Houde (again) · Raynault · Houde (again) · Raynault · Houde (again) · Drapeau · Fournier · Drapeau (again) · Doré · Bourque · Tremblay | Image:Flag of Montreal.svg |
Categories: 1850 births | 1905 deaths | Quebec Liberal Party MNAs | Liberal Party of Canada MPs | Mayors of Montreal | Quebec lawyers | Members of the 8th Ministry in Canada | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec | Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | McGill University alumni | People from Longueuil
