Michel Bénard ( – ?) was a councillor of the Conseil Supérieur of

New France New France (french: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by Kingdom of France, France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to King ...

. From 1736 to 1748, Bénard was first secretary to the

Intendant of New France The Intendant of New France was an administrative position in the French colony of New France. He controlled the colony's entire civil administration. He gave particular attention to settlement and economic development, and to the administration o ...

, Gilles Hocquart. In 1757 he was made a regular councillor of the Sovereign Council, an office he held until the Conquest.

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* 1710s births Year of death unknown People of New France {{Quebec-politician-stub