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Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
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Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
Sir Louis-Hippolyte Ménard
dit
Lafontaine, 1st Baronet
,
KCMG
(October 4, 1807 – February 26, 1864) was the first Canadian to become Prime Minister of the
United Province of Canada
and the first head of a
responsible government
in Canada. He was born in
Boucherville
, Lower Canada in 1807. A
jurist
and , Lafontaine was first elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
in 1830. He was a supporter of
Papineau
and member of the
Parti canadien
(later the
Parti patriote
). After the severe consequences of the
Rebellions of 1837
against the British authorities, he advocated political reforms within the new Union regime of 1841.
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