Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine
Sir LouisHippolyte Mnard dit Lafontaine, 1st Baronet, KCMG was the first Canadian to become Prime Minister of the United Province of Canada and the first head of a responsible government in Canada. He was born in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1807. A jurist and statesman, Lafontaine was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1830. He was a supporter of Papineau and member of the Parti canadien . After the severe consequences of the Rebellions of 1837 against the British authorities, he advocated political reforms within the new Union regime of 1841.
He first married on July 9, 1831 to Lynzee Rickard . Their union produced at least three children. His real family name is Mnard. He is the son of Antoine Mnard. The Hon. Sir Louis Hypolite Mnard, Bart., then Chief Justice of Lower Canada then married Montreal, January 3oth, 1861, the widowed Jane lisabeth Genevive Morrison, daughter of Charles Morrison, on January 30, 1861. Julie had married in Montreal, December 18, 1848, Thomas Kinton, of the Royal Engineers Department. This second marriage produced two sons who died in infancy LouisHippolyte and Charles Franois Hypolite Lafontaine, born April 13, 1864 who died the following year. The elder son succeeded to the baronetcy at eighteen months old in February, 1864, but died in 1867. The family residence was St. Denis Street, Montreal.
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