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Charles Bray Took this picture of the statue of Louis Joseph Papineau he was born in October 7th 1786, at Montreal, Quebec and died in September 23rd 1871, in Montebello, Quebec at the age of 85-years-old. Mr. Papineau was one of the best Canadian politicians. He was elected to the legislative assembly of Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1808 and became its speaker in 1815. A leader of the French-Canadian Party, he opposed the British-dominated government of Lower Canada. In 1834 he helped draft the 92 Resolutions, a statement of French-Canadian demands and grievances. When the British governor rejected the resolutions, hostilities broke out. Papineau escaped to the U.S. and then to France, where he lived from 1839 to 1844.
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