List of Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal

This is a list of presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec Sovereignism. Its current President is Mario Beaulieu....

of Montreal.

First half

1834: Jacques Viger (1st)
1835: Honorable Denis-Benjamin Viger
Denis-Benjamin Viger
Denis-Benjamin Viger was a 19th century Lower Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, and Patriote movement member.Viger was part of the militia in the early 19th century and then a captain in the War of 1812...

(2nd)
1845: Honorable Joseph Masson
Joseph Masson
Joseph Masson was Canadian businessman, who is considered the first French Canadian millionaire.Seigneur of Terrebonne, Quebec, president of Masson societies, president of the City Gas, he was also vice-president of the Banque de Montréal, president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal...

(3rd)
1846-47: Honorable Augustin-Norbert Morin
Augustin-Norbert Morin
Augustin-Norbert Morin was a lawyer, judgeBorn in Saint-Michel, Lower Canada, into a large Roman Catholic farming family, Morin was identified by the parish priest at a young age as a boy of exceptional talent and intelligence. The parish priest therefore arranged for his education at the...

(4th)
1848-49: Honorable Joseph Bourret
Joseph Bourret
Joseph Bourret was a 19th century Canadian lawyer, banker and politician.Bourret was educated at the Classical College at Nicolet, Quebec. After clerking for three years for his uncle, Bourret was admitted to the bar in 1823. He practiced law at his uncle's office for ten years...

(5th)

Second half

1850: Édouard-Raymond Fabre
Édouard-Raymond Fabre
Édouard-Raymond Fabre was a Canadian politician and bookseller, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1849 and 1851....

(6th)
1851-52: Ludger Duvernay
Ludger Duvernay
Ludger Duvernay was born in Verchères, Quebec, Canada.He was a printer by profession and published a number of newspapers including the Gazette des Trois-Rivières, the first newspaper in Lower Canada outside of Quebec City and Montreal, and also La Minerve, which supported the Parti patriote and...

(7th)
1852-53: Côme-Séraphin Cherrier
Côme-Séraphin Cherrier
Côme-Séraphin Cherrier was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Repentigny in 1798, the son of a farmer and merchant. After his mother died in 1801, he was raised by the family of his uncle Denis Viger. Another uncle was Joseph Papineau...

, c.r. (8th)
1854-55: Sir George-Étienne Cartier
George-Étienne Cartier
Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III....

(9th)
1856: Jacques Viger (1st)
1857: Dr. Jean-Baptiste Meilleur
Jean-Baptiste Meilleur
Jean-Baptiste Meilleur was a doctor, educator and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Petite-Côte in Saint-Laurent, Lower Canada on the Island of Montreal in 1796, the son of Jean Meilleur, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal and an English school in Montreal...

(10th)
1858: Damase Masson (11th)
1859: Dr. Pierre Beaubien
Pierre Beaubien
Pierre Beaubien was a physician and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Baie-du-Febvre in 1796 and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet and the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He went to France, where he studied at the Académie de Paris and later became a doctor in 1822...

(12th)
1860: Honourable Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel
Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel
Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel was a lawyer, businessman and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Montreal in 1785, the son of Joseph Quesnel, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. He articled in law with Stephen Sewell, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and set up practice in Montreal...

(13th)
1861: Romuald Trudeau (14th)
1862: Honourable Georges-René Saveuse de Beaujeu
Georges-René Saveuse de Beaujeu
Georges-René Saveuse de Beaujeu, Comte de Beaujeu was a seigneur and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Montreal in 1810, the son of seigneur Jacques-Philippe Saveuse de Beaujeu and Catherine Chaussegros de Léry, daughter of Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry. He studied at the Collège...

(15th)
1863: Honourable Antoine-Olivier Berthelet
Antoine-Olivier Berthelet
Antoine-Olivier Berthelet was a businessman, philanthropist and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1798, the son of Pierre Berthelet, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal...

(16th)
1864: Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier
Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier
Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier was a Canadian officer, merchant, potash inspector, sheriff, and landowner....

(17th)
1865-66: Honourable Pierre-Jean-Olivier Chauveau (18th)
1867-68: Charles-André Leblanc, c.r. (19th)
1869-70: Honourable Gédéon Ouimet
Gédéon Ouimet
Gédéon Ouimet was a French-Canadian politician.Born in what is today part of the city of Laval, Quebec Canada, Ouimet served as the second Premier of the province of Quebec from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He resigned as party leader of the Quebec Conservatives in 1874. He died in...

(20th)
1871: Honourable Charles-Séraphin Rodier
Charles-Séraphin Rodier Jr
Charles-Séraphin Rodier was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Rodier and Marie-Desanges Sedillot dit Montreuil, Rodier was the nephew of Charles-Séraphin Rodier, a mayor of Montreal. Rodier would later use the suffix "Jr" to his name to...

(21st)
1872-74: Honourable Charles-Joseph Coursol
Charles-Joseph Coursol
Charles-Joseph Coursol QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1871 and 1873, and a member of Canadian Parliament from 1878 until his death....

(22nd)
1874: Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion
Antoine-Aimé Dorion
Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion, PC was a French Canadian politician and jurist.-Early years:He was born in Lower Canada in 1818, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion, a merchant and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada who supported Louis-Joseph Papineau...

(23rd)
1875: Jacques Grenier
Jacques Grenier
Jacques Grenier was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was mayor of Montreal.-Provincial:He was the Liberal candidate to the provincial legislature in the district of Montréal-Est in 1878, but lost against Louis-Olivier Taillon.-City Councillor:Grenier was a City Councillor in Montreal from...

(24th)
1876: Louis Archambeault
Louis Archambeault
Louis Archambeault was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing L'Assomption from 1867 to 1874....

(25th)
1877: Dr. Jean-Philippe Rottot (26th)
1879: Honourable Jean-Baptiste Roland (27th)
1880: Honourable Thomas Jean-Jacques Loranger (28th)
1881: Napoléon Bourassa
Napoléon Bourassa
Napoléon Bourassa was a prominent Canadian architect, painter and writer who offices were located from Montreal, Quebec.-Early life and training:Born in L'Acadie, Quebec, he studied at Sulpicians College in Montreal...

(29th)
1882: Honourable Louis Beaubien
Louis Beaubien
Louis Beaubien was a Canadian politician.Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, the son of Pierre Beaubien, a physician and politician, and Marie-Justine Casgrain, he was one of the founders of Outremont....

(30th)
1883: Jérémie Perrault (31st)
1884: Honourable Thomas Jean-Jacques Loranger (28th)
1885-86: Adolphe Ouimet (32nd)
1887: Dr. Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle (33rd)
1888-92: Honourable Laurent-Olivier David
Laurent-Olivier David
Laurent-Olivier David was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician.Born in Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal, Quebec, the son of Stanislas David and Élisabeth Tremblay, David was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse and studied law in the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal...

(34th)
1893-98: Honourable Louis-Onésime Loranger
Louis-Onésime Loranger
Louis-Onésime Loranger was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge.Born in Yamachiche, Lower Canada, the son of Joseph Loranger and Marie-Louise Dugal, Loranger was educated in Montreal at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal and studied law at the Collège Sainte-Marie...

(35th)
1899-1904: Honourable François-Ligori Beique (36th)

First half

1905: Joseph-Xavier Perreault (37th)
1905-1907: Sir Hormidas Laporte
Hormidas Laporte
Sir Hormidas Laporte, PC was a Montreal businessman and financier. He served as Mayor of Montreal from 1904 to 1906.- Biography :...

(38th)
1908-1911: Joseph-Charles Beauchamp (39th)
1911-1913: Thomas Gauthier (40th)
1913-14: Olivar Asselin
Olivar Asselin
Olivar Asselin was a writer and journalist in Quebec, Canada. He was a prominent nationalist, pamphleteer and polemist.- Biography :Asselin was born in Saint-Hilarion, Charlevoix, Quebec...

(41st)
1914-15: Charles Duquette
Charles Duquette
Charles Duquette was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. He was mayor of Montreal from 1924 to 1926....

(42nd)
1915-1924: Me Victor Morin
Victor Morin
Victor Morin was a Canadian notary, politician, and writer.Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East, Morin studied at the Université Laval de Montréal. In 1890, he started working as a notary in his uncle's firm Papineau & Marin...

(43rd)
1924-25: Joseph-Victor Desaulniers (44th)
1925: Guy Vanier (45th)
1925: Léon Trépanier (46th)
1929: Guy Vanier (45th)
1930: Aimé Parent (47th)
1931: Victor-Elzéar Beaupré (48th)
1932: Ernest Brassard (49th)
1933: Victor Doré (50th)
1934: Joseph-Alfred Bernier (51st)
1935: Ernest Laforce (52nd)
1937: Joseph Dansereau (53rd)
1939: Louis-Athanase Fréchette (54th)
1943: Roger Duhamel (55th)
1945: Charles-Auguste Changnon (56th)
1946: Arthur Tremblay
Arthur Tremblay
Arthur Julien Tremblay, was a Canadian politician.Born in St-Bruno, Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec, he received a Master of Arts degree in 1942 from Université Laval and a Master of Education degree in 1945 from Harvard University.In 1979, he was appointed by Joe Clark to the Senate representing the...

(57th)

Second half

1950: Dr. J.-Alcide Martel (58th)
1951: J. Émile Boucher (59)
1954: François-Eugène Therrien (60th)
1957: Paul Guertin (61st)
1960: Jean Séguin (62nd)
1962: Paul-Émile Robert (63rd)
1965: Me Yvon Groulx (64th)
1968: Dollard Mathieu (65th)
1969: François-Albert Angers
François-Albert Angers
François-Albert Angers was an eminent Québécois economist and defender of the cause of Quebec and the French language.-See also:*List of Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal*Quebec nationalism...

(66th)
1973: Me Yvon Groulx (64th)
1973: André Trudeau (67th)
1974: Yvan Sénécal (68th)
1975: Jean-Marie Cossette (69th)
1976: Jean-Charles Desroches (70th)
1977: André Beauchamp (71st)
1977: Jean-Paul Champagne (72nd)
1978: Jean-Marie Cossette (69th)
1980: Marcel Henry
Marcel Henry
Marcel Henry is a politician from Mayotte and a former French senator . He is one of the founders of the Mahoré People's Movement.-References:...

(73rd)
1981: Gilles Rhéaume
Gilles Rhéaume
Gilles Rhéaume was leader of the Parti indépendantiste of Quebec from 1987 to its dissolution in 1990. He was later president of the Mouvement souverainiste du Quebec.-References:...

(74th)
1985: Jean-Marie Cossette (69th)
1986: Nicole Boudreau (75th)
1989: Jean Dorion
Jean Dorion
Jean Dorion is a Canadian politician, sociologist and a Quebec nationalist leader. He is the current President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal , a post he held also from 1989 to 1994. He is additionally the treasurer of the affiliated Mouvement national des Québécoises et des...

(76th)
1994: François Lemieux
François Lemieux
François Lemieux is a judge currently serving on the Federal Court of Canada.-References:...

(77th)
1997: Guy Bouthillier
Guy Bouthillier
Guy Bouthillier is a Québécois political expert, teacher and Quebec nationalist leader. He was the President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal from 1997 to 2003...

(78th)

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