| Louis (Laferte dit) Schmidt | |
| Birth Date: | December 4, 1844 |
| Death Date: | November 6, 1935 |
| Death Place: | Saint Louis, Saskatchewan, near Batoche |
| Occupation: | Metis leader, politician |
| Spouse: | in 1872 he married Justine Laviolette |
Louis Schmidt was born on December 4, 1844, at Old Fort, near Fort Chipewyan and was baptised at Portage La Loche by Father Jean-Baptiste Thibault in July 1845.[1] [2] He died in Saint Louis, Saskatchewan, near Batoche November 6, 1935.In 1869 he was secretary to the first Provisional Government organized in the Red River Colony.[1] Schmidt sat as an elected member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for Saint Boniface West in 1870–1874 and again in 1878–1879.[1] He was the grandson of Alexis Bonami and a classmate of Louis Riel.[2]