Rodolphe Forget
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Canada
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business investor, stockbroker, and politician
Politician
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. He held national directorships and had major investments in energy
Energy
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companies as well as industrial concerns and railway companies in the Provinces
Provinces and territories of Canada
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of Quebec
Quebec
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and Ontario
Ontario
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. He’s the godfather of Jean Poliquin, grand father of Jean-Nicolas De Surmont
Born in Terrebonne
Terrebonne, Quebec
Terrebonne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shores of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and of the Rivière des Prairies, North of Montreal and Laval....
in what was then known as Canada East
Canada East
Canada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....
, Rodolphe Forget became one of the most influential businessmen of his era in Quebec. With wide-ranging business interests, in 1899 one of his companies built the Manoir Richelieu at La Malbaie, Quebec
La Malbaie, Quebec
La Malbaie is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, at the mouth of the Malbaie River...
.
During the early 1900s, Rodolphe Forget with his uncle Louis-Joseph Forget
Louis-Joseph Forget
Louis-Joseph Forget was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Terrebonne, Canada East, 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...
and Forget family investments controlled the very important Montreal Light, Heat & Power Company
Montreal Light, Heat & Power
The Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company was a utility company operating the electric and gas distribution monopoly in the area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada until its nationalization by the government of Quebec in 1944, under a law creating the Quebec Hydroelectric Commission, also known as...
. Rodolphe Forget served as chairman of the Board of Directors
Board of directors
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of the Montreal Stock Exchange from 1907 to 1909.
Forget was elected as a Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
to the 10th Canadian Parliament
10th Canadian Parliament
The 10th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 11, 1905 until September 17, 1908. The membership was set by the 1904 federal election on November 3, 1904, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1908 election.It was controlled...
for the Charlevoix riding
Charlevoix (electoral district)
Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004....
in 1904, serving for more than thirteen years.
Rodolphe Forget died in 1919 at the age of fifty-seven and was buried in the Roman Catholic Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Montreal.