Louis-Joseph Papineau

Louis Joseph Papineau
Born(1787 -10-07)October 7, 1787
Montreal, Province of Quebec
Died September 23, 1871(1871-09-23) (aged 84)
Montebello, Quebec, Canada
NationalityLower 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 and was the grandfather of the journalist Henri Bourassa, founder of the newspaper Le Devoir.

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