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

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Early life

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

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Member of the provincial Legislature

Raynault was elected to the

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in the district of L'Assomption 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raynault, Adhemar 1891 births 1984 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in Quebec Mayors of Montreal Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec