Canadian politician

Adhémar Raynault (12 July 1891 – 11 April 1984) was a Canadian politician and a Mayor of Montreal.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 City politics
• 3 Member of the provincial Legislature
• 4 Personal life
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life

Adhémar Raynault was born on July 12, 1891 in Saint-Gérard-de-Magella. Raynault moved to Montreal in 1911. He started as a clerk in a trading house. He has several jobs before becoming an insurance broker. During this period, he continued to perfect his training in the evening, after work. Pretty quickly, he becomes an important personality in the business world.

City politics

He was a City councillor for the district of Préfontaine in Montreal from 1934 to 1936. He also served as Mayor from 1936 to 1938, and from 1940 to 1944. His last tenure as mayor was provisionally served while Camillien Houde was interned for wartime opposition to conscription.

Member of the provincial Legislature

Raynault was elected to the Legislative *embly of Quebec in the district of L'*omption in the 1936 general election and sat with the Union Nationale. He did not run again in the 1939 general election.

Personal life

He is the great uncle of former MP Francine Raynault.

References

External links

• Biography portal

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National *embly of Quebec.