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| Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret | |
|---|---|
Rinfret, c.1890 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Québec-Centre | |
| In office 1874–1892 | |
| Preceded by | Hector-Louis Langevin |
| Succeeded by | Victor Châteauvert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 15, 1819 Notre-Dame de Québec, Lower Canada |
| Died | October 8, 1901 (aged 82) Quebec City, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative (1874-1875) Liberal (1875-1892) |
| Relations | Némèse Garneau, nephew |
Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret (June 5, 1819 – October 8, 1901) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Québec-Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1874 to 1892 as a Conservative, then Liberal member. His surname also appears as Rinfret dit Malouin.
Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.
Québec-Centre was a former provincial electoral district in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It was located in the general area of Quebec City. It elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature until December 31, 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished. Both were initially created by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
He was born in Notre-Dame de Québec, Lower Canada, the son of Rémi Rinfret dit Malouin and Olivette Chaillé. He studied at the Séminaire de Québec, continuing his studies in medicine at Quebec City and then at Harvard University. He was qualified to practice in 1845 and set up practice at Quebec City. In 1846, he married Delphine Catherine Chamberland. Rinfret was vice-president of the Association des médecins et chirurgiens de la province de Québec for Quebec district. He also served as a justice of the peace. Rinfret was a member of the municipal council for Quebec City from 1863 to 1890 and was president of the Board of Health from 1871 to 1890. He was first elected to the Quebec assembly as a Conservative in an 1874 by-election held after Hector-Louis Langevin resigned his seat and was reelected as a Liberal in 1875, 1878, 1881, 1886 and 1890. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1892. He died at Quebec City at the age of 82.
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current-day Province of Quebec, Canada, and the Labrador region of the modern-day Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Quebec City, officially Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. The city had a population estimate of 531,902 in July 2016, and the metropolitan area had a population of 800,296 in July 2016, making it the second largest city in Quebec after Montreal, and the seventh largest metropolitan area and eleventh largest city in the country.
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with about 6,700 undergraduate students and about 15,250 post graduate students. Established in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, clergyman John Harvard, Harvard is the United States' oldest institution of higher learning, and its history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the world's most prestigious universities.
His daughter Olivia married Arthur Joseph Turcotte.
Arthur Joseph Turcotte was a Canadian liquor merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montmorency in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1896 as a Conservative member.
