Louis Schmidt (politician)

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Louis (Laferte dit) Schmidt
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BornDecember 4, 1844
Old Fort near Fort Chipewyan
DiedNovember 6, 1935
Saint Louis, Saskatchewan, near Batoche
Occupation(s) Metis leader, politician
Spousein 1872 he married Justine Laviolette

Louis Schmidt was born on December 4, 1844, at Old Fort, near Fort Chipewyan and was baptised at Portage La Loche by Father Jean-Baptiste Thibault in July 1845. [1] [2] He died in Saint Louis, Saskatchewan, near Batoche November 6, 1935. In 1869 he was secretary to the first Provisional Government organized in the Red River Colony. [1] Schmidt sat as an elected member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for Saint Boniface West in 1870–1874 and again in 1878–1879. [1] He was the grandson of Alexis Bonami and a classmate of Louis Riel. [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Memorable Manitobans: Louis Schmidt" . Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  2. 1 2 "RootsWeb: METISGEN-L [METISGEN-L] Louis Schmidt dit Laferte". Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2012-08-19.


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