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Joseph-Olier Renaud Jr.

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Joseph-Olier Renaud
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Alma
In office
1946–1968
Appointed byMaurice Duplessis
Preceded byMédéric Martin
Succeeded byAbolished on December 31, 1968
Personal details
Born(1908-10-03)3 October 1908
Saint-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice, Quebec
Died3 March 1991(1991-03-03) (aged 82)
Outremont, Quebec
Political partyUnion Nationale

Joseph-Olier Renaud, KC (3 October 1908 – 3 March 1991) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Saint-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice, Quebec, the son of Joseph-Olier Renaud Sr., Renaud studied at the Université de Montréal and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1932. He was created a King's Counsel in 1946. He practised law in Montreal before becoming a Crown Prosecutor from 1937 to 1939 and a Special Prosecutor of the Sûreté du Québec in 1939. From 1938 to 1946, he was a Judge for the City of Pointe-aux-Trembles. A founding member of the Union Nationale, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Alma in 1946 and served until the abolition of the Council in 1968.[1]

References

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  1. ^ * "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.