Jean-Louis Beaudry
Jean -Louis Beaudry ( born March 27, 1809 in Sainte -Anne -des- Plaines, Lower Canada, † June 25, 1886 in Montreal ) was a Canadian politician and businessman. Through wholesale, real estate transactions and as a banker he rose to become one of the wealthiest people of Montreal. He was three times mayor of the city. 1862-1866, 1877-1879 and 1881-1885 he was also a member from 1867 to the Legislative Council of Quebec City.
Biography
Beaudry grew up on the family farm and moved to Montreal in 1823 where he worked in a clothing store the next three years. Then he led until 1827 on a contract basis a shop in Leeds County, Ontario. Together with his brother Jean -Baptiste, he opened in 1834 in Montreal own shop, where he sold mainly bankruptcy goods at reasonable prices. Due to his professional activities he undertook in the next 15 years, a dozen trips to Europe.
In the 1820s, Beaudry began to support the Parti patriote, which advocated economic and social reforms. In 1827 he signed a petition against the planned unification of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. In 1837 he was elected one of the Vice- President of the paramilitary organization Société des Fils de la Liberté. When in November 1837 broke the Lower Canada Rebellion, he fled from the city; whether he took part in the subsequent fighting, is not known. End of the month he was in the U.S. state of Vermont in safety and collected money and ammunition for a planned invasion of Canada. After Lord Durham had issued a general amnesty for the rebels, Beaudry returned in June 1838 to Montreal.
Beaudry operated successfully in the real estate business and became very wealthy. In addition, he participated in numerous companies; In 1861 he was one of the founders of the Banque Jacques- Cartier. Besides, he was for decades worked with the Port Authority in a managerial capacity. 1849 Beaudry signed the Montreal Annexation Manifesto. Both in 1854 and 1857, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Parliament of the Province of Canada. Although he enjoyed many French-Canadians because of his determination and tenacity great support; However, his many political opponents accused him that he was honestly but stubborn, hot-tempered and rude. In 1860, he moved in with a by-election in the Montreal City Council. In the mayoral election in 1862 he beat the incumbent Charles- Séraphin Rodier, despite fierce opposition of the English-language local press. In his first term, the establishment of the municipal fire brigade falls. 1866 Beaudry decided not to seek re-election, as the competition seemed too large by Henry Starnes. After the establishment of the Canadian Confederation in 1867, he was appointed to the Legislative Council, the upper house of the province of Québec. This he was a member until his death.
1868 Beaudry ran again for mayor, but was defeated William Workman significantly. He successfully was, however, in the mayoral election in 1877. A year later, he prevented through the judicious use of police violence during a march of the Orange Order. Although this earned him a lot of sympathy with the Catholic part of the population, he was defeated in the 1879 mayoral election Sévère Rivard. One of the reasons for this was that he had not been elected to the Board of Directors due to financial difficulties of the Banque Jacques- Cartier, what his reputation harmed. After Richard's resignation Beaudry took over in 1881 for the third time the office of mayor. Subsequently, however, the public had increasingly enough of his ongoing dispute with the city council and its Quertreiberei. In 1885 he was defeated, Honoré Beaugrand.
His younger brother Prudent Beaudry was 1874-1876 Mayor of Los Angeles.