This is a list of presidents of the

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society (french: Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste) is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec sovereignism. It is known as the oldest patriotic asso ...

of Montreal.

19th century

First half

*1834: Jacques Viger (1st) *1835: Honorable

Denis-Benjamin Viger Denis-Benjamin Viger (; August 19, 1774 – February 13, 1861) was a 19th-century politician, lawyer, businessman in Lower Canada. He was a leader in the ''Patriote'' movement. Viger was part of the militia in the early 19th century and th ...

(2nd) *1845: Honorable Joseph Masson (3rd) *1846-47: Honorable

Augustin-Norbert Morin Augustin-Norbert Morin (October 13, 1803 – July 27, 1865) was a Canadien lawyer and judge. Born in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada, into a large Roman Catholic farming family, Morin was identified by the parish priest at a young ...

(4th) *1848-49: Honorable Joseph Bourret (5th)

Second half

*1850:

Édouard-Raymond Fabre Édouard-Raymond Fabre (15 September 1799 – 16 July 1854) was a Canadian politician and bookseller, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1849 and 1851. In 1807, he began studies at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal, where he remained u ...

(6th) *1851-52:

Ludger Duvernay Ludger Duvernay (January 22, 1799 – November 28, 1852), born in Verchères, Quebec, was a printer by profession and published a number of newspapers including the '' Gazette des Trois-Rivières,'' the first newspaper in Lower Canada outs ...

(7th) *1852-53: Côme-Séraphin Cherrier, c.r. (8th) *1854-55: Sir

George-Étienne Cartier Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, (pronounced ; September 6, 1814May 20, 1873) was a Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling—is explained ...

(9th) *1856: Jacques Viger (1st) *1857: Dr. Jean-Baptiste Meilleur (10th) *1858: Damase Masson (11th) *1859: Dr. Pierre Beaubien (12th) *1860: Honourable

Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel, (February 4, 1785 – July 28, 1866), was a Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician. He held a number of public offices and in politics he was a moderate who represented Chambly in the Legislative Assembly ...

(13th) *1861: Romuald Trudeau (14th) *1862: Honourable

Georges-René Saveuse de Beaujeu Georges-René Saveuse de Beaujeu, Comte de Beaujeu (June 4, 1810 – July 29, 1865) was a seigneur and political figure in Canada East. He was born in Montreal in 1810, the son of seigneur Jacques-Philippe Saveuse de Beaujeu and Catherine Cha ...

(15th) *1863: Honourable

Antoine-Olivier Berthelet Antoine-Olivier Berthelet (May 25, 1798 – September 25, 1872) was a businessman, philanthropist and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Montreal in 1798, the son of Pierre Berthelet, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de M ...

(16th) *1864: Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier (17th) *1865-66: Honourable Pierre-Jean-Olivier Chauveau (18th) *1867-68: Charles-André Leblanc, c.r. (19th) *1869-70: Honourable

Gédéon Ouimet Gédéon Ouimet (June 2, 1823 – April 23, 1905) was a French-Canadian politician. Born in what is today part of the city of Laval, Quebec Canada, Ouimet served as the second premier of Quebec from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He ...

(20th) *1871: Honourable Charles-Séraphin Rodier (21st) *1872-74: Honourable

Charles-Joseph Coursol Charles-Joseph Coursol, (3 October 1819 – 4 August 1888) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1871 and 1873, and a member of Canadian Parliament from 1878 until his death. Baptised Michel-Joseph-Charl ...

(22nd) *1874: Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion (23rd) *1875: Jacques Grenier (24th) *1876: Louis Archambeault (25th) *1877: Dr. Jean-Philippe Rottot (26th) *1879: Honourable Jean-Baptiste Rolland (27th) *1880: Honourable Thomas Jean-Jacques Loranger (28th) *1881: Napoléon Bourassa (29th) *1882: Honourable Louis Beaubien (30th) *1883: Jérémie Perrault (31st) *1884: Honourable Thomas Jean-Jacques Loranger (28th) *1885-86: Adolphe Ouimet (32nd) *1887: Dr. Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle (33rd) *1888-92: Honourable

Laurent-Olivier David Laurent-Olivier David (March 24, 1840 – August 24, 1926) was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician. Born in Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal, Quebec, the son of Stanislas David and Élisabeth Tremblay, David was educated at the Petit Sémi ...

(34th) *1893-98: Honourable Louis-Onésime Loranger (35th) *1899-1904: Honourable François-Ligori Beique (36th)

20th century

First half

*1905: Joseph-Xavier Perrault (37th) *1905-1907: Sir

Hormidas Laporte Sir Hormisdas Laporte, (7 November 1850 – 20 February 1934) was a Canadian businessman and financier. He served as Mayor of Montreal from 1904 to 1906. His first name is given as Hormidas in some sources. Biography Laporte began worki ...

(38th) *1908-1911: Joseph-Charles Beauchamp (39th) *1911-1913: Thomas Gauthier (40th) *1913-14:

Olivar Asselin Olivar Asselin (November 8, 1874 – April 18, 1937) was a writer and journalist in Quebec, Canada. He was a prominent nationalist, pamphleteer and polemist. Biography Asselin was born in Saint-Hilarion, Charlevoix, Quebec. His name is a co ...

(41st) *1914-15: Charles Duquette (42nd) *1915-1924: Me Victor Morin (43rd) *1924-25: Joseph-Victor Desaulniers (44th) *1925: Guy Vanier (45th) *1925:

Léon Trépanier Léon Trépanier OBE, (June 29, 1881 – September 19, 1967) was a Quebec journalist, historian and politician. He was president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal from 1925 to 1929. The son of François Trépanier and d'Élise H ...

(46th) *1929: Guy Vanier (45th) *1930: Aimé Parent (47th) *1931: Victor-Elzéar Beaupré (48th) *1932: Ernest Brossard (49th) *1933: Victor Doré (50th) *1934: Joseph-Alfred Bernier (51st) *1935: Ernest Laforce (52nd) *1937: Joseph Dansereau (53rd) *1939: Louis-Athanase Fréchette (54th) *1943: Roger Duhamel (55th) *1945: Charles-Auguste Changnon (56th) *1946:

Arthur Tremblay Arthur Julien Tremblay, (June 18, 1917 – October 27, 1996) was a Canadian politician. Born in St-Bruno, Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec, he received a Master of Arts degree in 1942 from Université Laval and a Master of Education degree in 1945 from ...

(57th)

Second half

*1950: Dr. J.-Alcide Martel (58th) *1951: J. Émile Boucher (59) *1954: François-Eugène Therrien (60th) *1957: Paul Guertin (61st) *1960: Jean Séguin (62nd) *1962: Paul-Émile Robert (63rd) *1965: Me Yvon Groulx (64th) *1968: Dollard Mathieu (65th) *1969:

François-Albert Angers François-Albert Angers (May 21, 1909 – July 14, 2003) was a Québécois economist, journalist, and Quebec nationalist. Over the course of his career, Angers was editor in chief of various publications, including ''l'Action nationale'', which h ...

(66th) *1973: Me Yvon Groulx (64th) *1973: André Trudeau (67th) *1974: Yvan Sénécal (68th) *1975: Jean-Marie Cossette (69th) *1976: Jean-Charles Desroches (70th) *1977: André Beauchamp (71st) *1977: Jean-Paul Champagne (72nd) *1978: Jean-Marie Cossette (69th) *1980: Marcel Henry (73rd) *1981:

Gilles Rhéaume Gilles Rhéaume (25 October 1951 – 8 February 2015) was the former Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal president from 1981 to 1985. Rhéaume was leader of the Parti indépendantiste of Quebec from 1987 to its dissolution in 1990. He ...

(74th) *1985: Jean-Marie Cossette (69th) *1986: Nicole Boudreau (75th) *1989: Jean Dorion (76th) *1994: François Lemieux (77th) *1997: Guy Bouthillier (78th)

21st century

*2003: Jean Dorion (76th bis) *2009: Mario Beaulieu (79th) *2014: Maxime Laporte (80th)

References

* {{in lang, fr}
Past Presidents (''Anciens présidents'') of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal, List of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society Saint-Jean-Baptiste Presidents of the SJBSM

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See also

References