Étienne Mayrand (September 3, 1776 – January 22, 1872) was a

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

businessman and political figure. He was born in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

in 1776 and went on to work in the

fur trade The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal ecosystem, boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals h ...

with the

North West Company The North West Company was a Fur trade in Canada, Canadian fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in the regions that later became Western Canada a ...

. He established a business in grain and hay at Rivière-du-Loup (later

Louiseville Louiseville () is a Types of municipalities in Quebec, town in the Mauricie Quebec region, region of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. It is located near the mouth of the 'Rivière-du-Loup', on the north shor ...

in Maskinongé County), also expanding into real estate and money lending. Mayrand served in the militia as an officer during the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States United States declaration of war on the Uni ...

, becoming captain and, in 1846, major. He also held several posts as commissioner in

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colonization of the Americas, British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence established in 1791 and abolished in 1841. It covered the southern portion o ...

. He was elected to the

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of e ...

for Saint-Maurice County in 1816. Mayrand served as a member of the Special Council which governed the province following the

Lower Canada Rebellion The Lower Canada Rebellion (), commonly referred to as the Patriots' Rebellion () in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the colonial government of Lower Canada (now southern Quebec). Together wit ...

and was named to the

Legislative Council of the Province of Canada The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada () was the upper house for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known ...

in June 1841. He resigned from the council later that same month. He was married four times: * first to a native woman, who bore him two daughters, during his time with the North West Company * then, to Sophie Héneau from Berthier * thirdly, to Thérèse Heney at Montreal * finally, to Félicité Le Maitre-Bellenoix, the widow of Louis Gauvreau, a Quebec merchant He died in Rivière-du-Loup (Louiseville) in 1872. His grandson,

Hormidas Mayrand Hormidas Mayrand (August 15, 1858 – July 4, 1928) was a Canadian politician. Born in St-Léon, Canada East, the son of Jean-Baptiste Mayrand (and grandson of Étienne Mayrand) and Marie Louise Lottinville, Mayrand was educated at the mod ...

, later served in the Canadian House of Commons.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayrand, Etienne 1776 births 1872 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Members of the Special Council of Lower Canada Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada