Fernand Rinfret

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Fernand Rinfret

Fernand Rinfret , PC (born February 28, 1883 in Montreal , † July 12, 1939 in Los Angeles ) was a Canadian journalist , author and politician ( Liberal Party ). From 1920 until his death he was a member of the lower house , from 1932 to 1934 he was mayor of Montreal.

biography

Rinfret was the son of a lawyer and trained at the Collège Notre-Dame and the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal. During this time he wrote theater reviews under the pseudonyms Paul Destrée , Graindorge and Pierre Simon . From 1907 Rinfret worked in Saint-Jérôme for the newspaper L'Avenir du Nord , as well as personal secretary to the Minister of Maritime and Fisheries, Raymond Préfontaine . Also from 1907 he was parliamentary correspondent for the newspaper Le Canada , from 1909 to 1926 he was its editor-in-chief . During the First World War he wrote a series of articles on the events in Great Britain and on the Western Front , which were published as an anthology in 1918.

In 1920 Rinfret ran in a by-election in the constituency of Saint-Jacques and moved into the lower house for the Liberal Party . He was re-elected five times in a row, the last time in 1935. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King appointed him to the 14th cabinet in September 1926 and assigned him the post of "Secretary of State of Canada". As such, Rinfret primarily headed the government chancellery. He carried out this task until the change of government in August 1930.

In April 1932, Rinfret was elected Mayor of Montreal, beating incumbent Camillien Houde . Since he was considered an experienced politician, the Montreal people trusted him to be able to prevent the controversial construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway . Two years later he was voted out of office as mayor. After the Liberals re-established government at the national level, Rinfret was again Secretary of State for Canada from October 1935 until his death in the 16th Cabinet . For several years he was also director of the Canadiens de Montréal .

His older brother Thibaudeau Rinfret was Chairman ( Chief Justice ) of the Supreme Court of Canada .

Works

  • Louis Fréchette , 1906
  • Octave Crémazie , 1906
  • Un voyage en Angleterre et au front français , 1918
  • Le libéralisme de Laurier , 1919
  • Essais sur la politique, l'histoire et les arts , 1920
  • L'effort littéraire au Canada français , 1920
  • Pensées et souvenirs , 1942

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Victor Morin: L'honorable Fernand Rinfret. Annual report of the Société Royale du Canada, 1940.
personal data
SURNAME Rinfret, Fernand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian author, journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1939
Place of death los Angeles