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Sir Louis-Hippolyte Ménard dit La Fontaine, 1st Baronet, KCMG (October 4, 1807 – February 26, 1864) was a Canadian politician who served as the first Premier of the United Province of Canada and the first head of a responsible government in Canada. [1] . He was born in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1807.
Jan 20, 2008 · Sir Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, also La Fontaine, politician (born 4 October 1807 in Boucherville, Lower Canada; died 26 February 1864 in Montréal, Canada East). Sir Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, joint premier of the Province of Canada, 1848-51, oil on canvas, by June Forbes McCormack. (courtesy Government of Ontario Art Collection)
Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine Note 1, né le 4 octobre 1807 à Boucherville et mort le 26 février 1864 à Montréal, est un juriste, homme politique et seigneur canadien-français . Avocat et pamphlétaire, il est d'abord proche du Parti patriote et de Louis-Joseph Papineau. Opposé au recours aux armes, il rompt avec Papineau lors de la rébellion de 1837.
Sir Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, Baronet (born October 4, 1807, Boucherville, Lower Canada [now Quebec]—died February 26, 1864, Montreal) was a Canadian statesman who was joint premier of the Province of Canada with Robert Baldwin (as the attorneys general of Canada East and Canada West, respectively) in 1842–43 and again during the “great ...
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The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel (French: Pont-Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine) is a highway bridge–tunnel running over and beneath the Saint Lawrence River. It connects the Montreal borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve with the south shore of the river at Longueuil, Quebec.
Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine attracted attention at an early age. At the Collège de Montréal, where he began classical studies in 1820, he rapidly distinguished himself by a love of work and an astonishing memory. His fellow students called him “the big brain.” He was considered the most gifted, although he always came second in his class.
Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1807-1864) was a Canadian politician of French-speaking background who collaborated with Robert Baldwin in the achievement of "responsible government" and who laid the basis for the effective participation of French-Canadians in the government of the country.
