Fernand Rinfret

The Hon. Louis Édouard Fernand Rinfret
35th Mayor of Montreal
In office 11 April 1932 – 1934
Preceded by	Camillien Houde
Succeeded by	Camillien Houde (returned)
Member of the Canadian Parliament for St. James
In office 1920–1939
Preceded by	Louis Audet Lapointe
Succeeded by	Eugène Durocher
Personal details
Born	28 February 1883 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	Los Angeles, California, United States
Political party	Liberal
Profession	journalist

Louis Édouard Fernand Rinfret, PC (28 February 1883 – 12 July 1939) was a Canadian politician.

Biography

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Montreal riding of St. James in a 1920 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1921, 1925, 1930, and 1935. From 1926 to 1930 and again from 1935 to 1939, he was the Secretary of State for Canada.

From 1932 to 1934, he was the mayor of Montreal.

He was brother to Thibaudeau Rinfret, the Chief Justice of Canada, and Charles Rinfret, a prominent Montreal businessman.

Gallery

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  14th Canadian Ministry

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  A commemorative plaque, Vauquelin Square

External links

• Fernand Rinfret – Parliament of Canada biography
• Fernand Rinfret at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Sir George Halsey Perley	Secretary of State of Canada 1926–1930	Succeeded by Charles Hazlitt Cahan
Preceded by Charles Hazlitt Cahan	Secretary of State of Canada 1935–1939	Succeeded by Ernest Lapointe