Louis Roy Portelance
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Louis Roy Portelance was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada
.
He was born at Pointe-Claire in 1764, the son of a farmer, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël
. He then entered the fur trade
as a voyageur. In 1791, Portelance married his cousin Marie-Josephte, daughter of François Périnault and widow of silversmith Jacques Varin. Soon afterwards, Portelance entered the lumber trade, supplying boards and planks for construction in Montreal
. He was elected to represent Montreal County in 1804 and represented it until 1814. In 1809, he married Louise, the daughter of merchant Jacques Languedoc and sister of François Languedoc
, who later became a member of the legislative assembly. Portelance was elected to represent Montreal East in 1816. He generally supported the parti canadien
in the assembly. He retired from the lumber business around 1820. He helped found La Banque du Peuple in 1837.
He died at Kamouraska
in Lower Canada in 1838.
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
.
He was born at Pointe-Claire in 1764, the son of a farmer, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël
Collège de Montréal
The Collège de Montréal is a private secondary school for students attending grades 7–11 located in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A former Roman Catholic Seminary, it was founded 1 June 1767 as the Petit Séminaire of Montreal by the Suplician Order...
. He then entered the fur trade
Fur trade
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of world market for in the early modern period furs of boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals have been the most valued...
as a voyageur. In 1791, Portelance married his cousin Marie-Josephte, daughter of François Périnault and widow of silversmith Jacques Varin. Soon afterwards, Portelance entered the lumber trade, supplying boards and planks for construction in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. He was elected to represent Montreal County in 1804 and represented it until 1814. In 1809, he married Louise, the daughter of merchant Jacques Languedoc and sister of François Languedoc
François Languedoc
François Languedoc was a seigneur, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born François de Borgias Languedoc in the town of Quebec in 1790, the son of a merchant. From 1812 to 1821, he was associated with John White and Company, which supplied goods for ships and sold and...
, who later became a member of the legislative assembly. Portelance was elected to represent Montreal East in 1816. He generally supported the parti canadien
Parti canadien
The Parti canadien or Parti patriote was a political party in what is now Quebec founded by members of the liberal elite of Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century...
in the assembly. He retired from the lumber business around 1820. He helped found La Banque du Peuple in 1837.
He died at Kamouraska
Kamouraska, Quebec
Kamouraska is a municipality on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Regional County Municipality of Kamouraska...
in Lower Canada in 1838.