Fernand Rinfret

Mayor Louis Édouard Fernand Rinfret
35th Mayor of Montreal
In office
April 11, 1932 – 1934
Preceded by Camillien Houde
Succeeded by Camillien Houde (returned)
Personal details
Born 28 February 1883
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died July 12, 1939(1939-07-12) (aged 56)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Political party Liberal Party of Canada
Profession journalist

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

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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.

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
Louis-Audet Lapointe
Member of Parliament for St. James
1920–1939
Succeeded by
Eugène Durocher
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