Papineau, Louis-Joseph National Historic Person
Montebello, Quebec
Louis-Joseph Papineau, ca. 1852
© Photograph attributed to T.C. Doane / Library and Archives Canada | Photographie attribuée à T.C. Doane / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, e011154378_s2
Address :
500 Notre-Dame Street, Montebello, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1937-05-20
Life Date:
1786 to 1871
Other Name(s):
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Louis-Joseph Papineau
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Famous French-Canadian nationalist, seigneur at Montebello
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Approved Inscription:
A major political figure of the 19th century, Louis-Joseph Papineau strove to reform Lower Canada’s political institutions and strengthen democracy in the colony. Speaker of the House of Assembly and leader of the Parti canadien, later the Parti patriote, he became the leading political figure of the uprisings that marked 1837 and 1838. He adopted republican ideas and advocated for emancipation from colonial rule. As seigneur of La Petite-Nation, Papineau defended land tenure but accepted the abolition of the seigneurial system, as long as landholders were compensated. In 1850, he settled at this manor.