- Raymond Préfontaine
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honorific-prefix = Mayor
name = Raymond Préfontaine
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order = 25th Mayor of Montreal
term_start = 1898
term_end = 1902
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predecessor =Richard Wilson-Smith
successor =James Cochrane
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birth_date =16 September 1850
birth_place = Longueuil,Province of Canada
death_date = death date and age|1905|12|25|1850|9|16
death_place =Montreal ,Quebec ,Canada
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profession =lawyer
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footnotes =Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine (
16 September 1850 –25 December 1905 ) was a Canadian politician.Born in
Longueuil, Quebec , he studied at the law faculty ofMcGill College and was called to the bar in 1873. He was created aQueen's Counsel in 1899.In 1875, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Chambly. A Liberal, he was defeated in 1878. He was re-elected in a 1879 by-election, but was defeated again in 1881.He was acclaimed to the
Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Chambly in a 1886 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in every election in one or another riding until dying in office in 1905. From 1902 to 1905, he was the Minister of Marine and Fisheries.From 1879 to 1883, he was the mayor of Hochelaga. From 1898 to 1902, he was the mayor of Montreal. The Préfontaine metro station is named in his honour.
External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7006 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=12293&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/o-p/prefr.htm Raymond PRÉFONTAINE] at theAssemblée nationale du Québec fr icon
*s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Maisonneuve
years=1896–1905 s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Terrebonne
years=1900–1902
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