Louis-Joseph Forget
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Louis-Joseph Forget (1853-03-11 – 1911-04-07) was a Canadian businessman and politician.
Born in Terrebonne, Lower Canada, he was a stock broker and founded his own firm, L. J. Forget et Compagnie, in 1876. One of the wealthiest French Canadians in Montreal, he was chairman of the Montreal Stock Exchange in 1895 and 1896. He was president of the Montreal Street Railway Company and helped the company switch from horse cars to electric tramways. In 1904, he was the first French Canadian to be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
He was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Saurel, Quebec in 1896. A Conservative, he served until his death.
His great-niece is Thérèse Forget Casgrain, a feminist, reformer, politician and senator.
He died in Nice, France in 1911 and is buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
[edit] External links
- Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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