Denis-Émery Papineau
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Denis-Émery Papineau was a Quebec
notary
and political figure.
He was born in Montreal
in 1819, the son of Denis-Benjamin Papineau
. He studied at Saint-Hyacinthe
, qualified as a notary in 1841 and entered practice in Montreal. Around 1843, he was named notary for the city of Montreal. He helped found the Revue canadienne, the newspaper L'Avenir
and the daily Le Pays. He helped establish the Banque Ville-Marie and served as its first president. Papineau was a member of the Montreal Annexation Association, which advocated annexation to the United States
, and served as a vice-president for that organization. In 1858, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
for Ottawa County
. He helped establish a provincial association for notaries and served as its president from 1876 to 1879. He died in Montreal in 1899 (some sources say 1898) and was buried in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
notary
Civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...
and political figure.
He was born in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in 1819, the son of Denis-Benjamin Papineau
Denis-Benjamin Papineau
Denis-Benjamin Papineau was joint premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1846 to 1848. His joint premiers for Canada West during this period were William Henry Draper and Henry Sherwood....
. He studied at Saint-Hyacinthe
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Saint-Hyacinthe is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 55,823. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region, and is traversed by the Yamaska River which flows...
, qualified as a notary in 1841 and entered practice in Montreal. Around 1843, he was named notary for the city of Montreal. He helped found the Revue canadienne, the newspaper L'Avenir
L'Avenir
L'Avenir is a daily newspaper published in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company is part of the Groupe L'Avenir, a media group of the DRC. The content of the paper is primarily French, and includes content written in Lingala and Swahili...
and the daily Le Pays. He helped establish the Banque Ville-Marie and served as its first president. Papineau was a member of the Montreal Annexation Association, which advocated annexation to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and served as a vice-president for that organization. In 1858, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...
for Ottawa County
Ottawa (County of)
Ottawa was a federal and provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, which was represented in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1830 to 1867, in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892, and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to at least 1919.The...
. He helped establish a provincial association for notaries and served as its president from 1876 to 1879. He died in Montreal in 1899 (some sources say 1898) and was buried in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery.