Louis Renaud was a Quebec

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 businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative Party of Canada

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 member of the Senate of Canada representing De Salaberry division from 1867 to 1873.

He was born in Lachine

Lachine, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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 in 1818 and studied at the Collège de Nicolet. His father became ill and Louis and his brother Jean-Baptiste

Jean-Baptiste Renaud

Jean-Baptiste Renaud was a prominent businessman, merchant and land owner in Quebec. He served as a member of the Quebec Board of Trade and represented Saint-Pierre Ward on the municipal council for Quebec City from 1862 to 1868.He was born in Lachine, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Renaud...

 had to begin work at a young age. He later went into business with his brother and then, around 1856, with John Young. Renaud was heavily involved in the grain and flour trade. In 1856, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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 for Salaberry division and he was reelected in 1864 by acclamation. After Confederation

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, he was named to the Senate and served until he was forced to resign because of ill health in 1873. His son-in-law, François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel

François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel

François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel was a politician in Quebec, Canada.-Member of the legislature:Trudel was elected as a Conservative candidate to the provincial legislature in the district of Champlain in 1871. He co-authored the Programme Catholique and was an Ultramontanist...

, was named to the same seat in the Senate.

He died in Sainte-Martine

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 in 1878 and was buried in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery at Montreal

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