Joseph Hormisdas Rainville Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Joseph Hormisdas Rainville
Office1:Senator for Repentigny, Quebec
Appointed1:R. B. Bennett
Predecessor1:Joseph-Hormisdas Legris
Successor1:Pamphile Réal Du Tremblay
Term Start1:October 6, 1932
Term End1:April 14, 1942
Constituency Mp2:Chambly—Verchères
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:Victor Geoffrion
Successor2:Joseph Archambault
Term Start2:1911
Term End2:1917
Birth Date:8 March 1875
Birth Place:Marieville, Quebec
Party:Conservative
Relations:Henri-Benjamin Rainville, uncle
Portfolio:Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons (1917)

Joseph-Hormisdas Rainville (March 8, 1875  - April 14, 1942) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chambly—Verchères in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative. Rainville sat for Repentigny division in the Senate of Canada from 1923 to 1942.

He was born in Marieville, Quebec, the son of Isaïe-Denis Rainville and Cornélie Rainville, and was educated at the Université Laval. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and set up practice in Montreal. Rainville married Ferréola Gendreau in 1910. In 1930, he was named president of the Commission of the Port of Montreal. Rainville died in office at the age of 67.[1]

He was named a Chevalier in the French Légion d'honneur in 1934.[2]

His uncle Henri-Benjamin Rainville served in the Quebec assembly.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Honorable Joseph-Hormisdas Rainville sénateur . Association des Anciens du Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe . 2009-08-02 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017081313/http://www.anciensemsthyacinthe.qc.ca/Siteseminaire/105.html . 2007-10-17 . dead .
  2. Web site: L'honorable Joseph Hormidas Rainville . L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec . Marianopolis College . 2009-08-02.