Hippolyte Montplaisir Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Hippolyte Montplaisir
Constituency Mp:Champlain
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:John Jones Ross
Successor:Onésime Carignan
Term Start:1874
Term End:1891
Office2:Senator for Shawinegan
Appointed2:John A. Macdonald
Predecessor2:James Ferrier
Successor2:Philippe-Jacques Paradis
Term Start2:1891
Term End2:1927
Birth Date:7 March 1839
Birth Place:Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada
Death Place:Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Party:Liberal-Conservative

Hippolyte Montplaisir (March 7, 1839  - June 20, 1927) was a Canadian politician.[1] He became Senator for Shawinegan, and Member of Parliament.

Background

He was born on March 7, 1839, in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada[1] and was the son of Paschal Montplaisir and Victoire Crevier. He was educated at Trois-Rivières and was a farmer. Montplaisir served 25 years as mayor of Cap-de-la-Madeleine and was warden of Champlain County for 6 years. He married E. M. Aylr.[2]

Political career

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Champlain in the 1874 federal election. A Liberal-Conservative, he was re-elected in 1878, 1882, and 1887. In 1891, he was appointed to the Senate on the advice of John Alexander Macdonald representing the Senatorial Division of Shawinegan, Quebec. He served as an MP and senator for 53 years until his death in 1927.[1]

Death

He died on June 20, 1927[1] in Trois-Rivières.[2]

Honors

Rue Montplaisir (Montplaisir Street) in Cap-de-la-Madeleine was named to honor him.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hippolyte Montplaisir, ParlInfo, Canadian Parliament . 2007-09-01 . 2011-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525193246/http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=%7b98A7E8F3-9A89-4F06-A046-7872A8B296DA%7d&Language=E . dead .
  2. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.