Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel

Who was Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel?

The Hon. Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel M.P., K.C., was a Canadien lawyer, businessman and politician. He held a number of public offices and in politics he was a moderate who represented Chambly in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada; and Montmorency in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. From 1837 to 1841 he sat on the Executive Council of Lower Canada. Condemned by the Patriotes as a vendu in the Lower Canada Rebellion, in 1860 he was elected President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society. In 1859, he was elected President of the Banque du Peuple and his achievements in commerce and finance served to show that a French Canadian could make his fortune in business. His home, Manoir Souvenir was one of the early estates of the Golden Square Mile.