Adhémar Raynault Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Mayor
Adhémar Raynault
Order:36th Mayor of Montreal
Term Start:1936
Term End:1938
Predecessor:Camillien Houde
Successor:Camillien Houde (returned)
Term Start2:1940
Term End2:1944
Predecessor2:Camillien Houde
Successor2:Camillien Houde (returned)
Birth Date:12 July 1891
Birth Place:Saint-Gérard-Majella, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada
Party:Union Nationale
Profession:Businessman

Adhémar Raynault (12 July 1891 – 11 April 1984) was a Canadian politician and a Mayor of Montreal.

Early life

Raynault was born on July 12, 1891, in Saint-Gérard-de-Magella. Raynault moved to Montreal in 1911. He started as a clerk in a trading house. He had several jobs before becoming an insurance broker. During this period, he continued to perfect his training in the evening, after work. Pretty quickly, he became an important personality in the business world.[1]

City politics

He was a city councillor for the district of Préfontaine in Montreal from 1934 to 1936. He also served as mayor from 1936 to 1938, and from 1940 to 1944. His last tenure as mayor was provisionally served while Camillien Houde was interned for wartime opposition to conscription.

Member of the provincial Legislature

Raynault was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the district of L'Assomption in the 1936 general election and sat with the Union Nationale. He did not run again in the 1939 general election.

Personal life

He is the great uncle of former MP Francine Raynault.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adhémar Raynault (1936-1938, 1940-1944) - La démocratie à Montréal - Archives de Montréal. www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca. fr. 2018-10-06.