Louis Schmidt
Louis (Laferte dit) Schmidt | |
|---|---|
Metis leader, politician | |
| Spouse | in 1872 he married Justine Laviolette |
Louis Schmidt was born on December 4, 1844, at Old Fort, near
Saint Louis, Saskatchewan, near Batoche
November 6, 1935.
In 1869 he was secretary to the first Provisional Government organized in the Red River Colony.[1]
Schmidt sat as an elected member of the Saint Boniface West in 1870–1874 and again in 1878–1879.[1]
He was the grandson of Alexis Bonami and a classmate of Louis Riel.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Memorable Manitobans: Louis Schmidt". Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- ^ a b "RootsWeb: METISGEN-L [METISGEN-L] Louis Schmidt dit Laferte". Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
  | This article about a Manitoba politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |