Jeanne St. Laurent | |
Birth Name: | Jeanne Renault |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1886 |
Birth Place: | Beauceville, Quebec, Canada[1] |
Death Place: | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
Resting Place: | Saint Thomas d'Aquin Cemetery, Compton, Quebec, Canada |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Children: | 5 |
Jeanne St. Laurent (née Renault; October 22, 1886 – November 14, 1966) was the wife of Louis St. Laurent, the 12th Prime Minister of Canada.
Renault was born in Beauceville, Quebec. Her parents were Pierre-Ferdinand Renault (1853–1912) and Amanda Montminy (1853–1922). Pierre-Ferdinand Renault was a Beauceville businessman (originally from Ste-Claire-de-Dorchester, Quebec) and changed his family name from Renaud.
Renault met Louis St. Laurent at a party in Quebec City in 1906 while he was working as a lawyer,[2] and they married in 1908. They had five children together, two sons and three daughters.[3] In 1951, she moved the family to Ottawa, after the government purchased an official prime-ministerial residence at 24 Sussex Drive. She would tour with her husband, but she refused to fly and never became reconciled to living in Ottawa.