François Provost (1638 – 1 June 1702) was a career soldier from France who served in the
Carignan-Salières regiment
The Carignan-Salières Regiment was a Piedmont French military unit formed by merging two other regiments in 1659. They were led by the new Governor, Daniel de Rémy de Courcelles, and Lieutenant-General Alexandre de Prouville, Sieur de Tracy. ...
which was stationed to
New France in 1665.
Provost was held in high esteem by
Buade de Frontenac from early in his residency in Canada. He served as governor of
Trois-Rivières, temporary
Governor of Montreal
The governor of Montreal was the highest position in Montreal in the 17th century and the 18th century. Prior to the establishment of the 1663 Sovereign Council, the governor of Montreal was appointed by the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal. The ...
and temporary governor of the country after the recall of
Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre.
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People of New France
1638 births
1702 deaths
Governors of Montreal
17th-century Canadian politicians
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