Louis-Édouard-Fernand Rinfret (February 28, 1883 – July 12, 1939) was a

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politician.

Biography

He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Montreal riding of St. James in a 1920

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. A

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, he was re-elected in

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks ...

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the It ...

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

, and

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart bec ...

. From 1926 to 1930 and again from 1935 to 1939, he was the

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. From 1932 to 1934, he was the

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. He was brother to

Thibaudeau Rinfret Thibaudeau Rinfret (June 22, 1879 – July 25, 1962) was a Canadian jurist and the ninth Chief Justice of Canada and Administrator of Canada in 1952. Early life Rinfret was born in Montreal in 1879, the son of François-Olivier Rinfret and A ...

, the

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, and Charles Rinfret, a prominent Montreal businessman.

Gallery

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* * 1883 births 1939 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Mayors of Montreal Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery {{Quebec-mayor-stub