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Louis-Joseph Papineau
Louis Joseph Papineau | |
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| Born | October 7, 1787 |
| Died | September 23, 1871 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Lower Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, Member of Provincial Parliament, Speaker of the House of Assembly |
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Louis-Joseph Papineau (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒozɛf papino]; October 7, 1786 – September 23, 1871), born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a politician in Quebec. Papineau was the eldest of eight children[1] and was the grandfather of the journalist Henri Bourassa, founder of the newspaper Le Devoir.
- ^ Ouellet, Fernand (1972). Louis-Joseph Papineau: A Divided Soul. Canadian Historical Association. p. 6.
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