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See also:LAFONTAINE, See also:SIR See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS HIPPOLYTE, See also:BART . (1807-1864), See also:Canadian statesman and See also:judge, third son of See also:Antoine Menard LaFontaine (1772—1813) and See also:Marie-J-See also:Fontaine Bienvenue, was See also:born at Boucherville in the See also:province of See also:Quebec on the 4th of See also:October 1807. LaFontaine was educated at the See also:College de See also:Montreal under the direction of the Sulpicians, and was called to the See also:bar of the province of See also:Lower See also:Canada on the 18th of See also:August 1829. He married firstly Adele, daughter of A. See also:Berthelot of Quebec; and, secondly, Jane, daughter of See also:Charles See also:Morrison, of See also:Berthier, by whom he had two sons. In 1830 he was elected a member of the See also:House of See also:Assembly for the See also:county of Terrebonne, and became an ardent supporter of Louis See also:Joseph See also:Papineau in opposing the See also:administration of the See also:governor-in-See also:chief, which led to the See also:rebellion of 1837. LaFontaine, however, did not approve the violent methods of his See also:leader, and after the hostilities at See also:Saint See also:Denis he presented a See also:petition to See also:Lord Gosford requesting him to summon the assembly and to adopt See also:measures to See also:stem the revolutionary course of events in Lower Canada. The rebellion See also:broke out afresh in the autumn of 1838; the constitution of 1791 was suspended; LaFontaine was imprisoned for a brief See also:period; and Papineau, who favoured See also:annexation by the See also:United States, was in See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile. At this crisis in Lower Canada the See also:French Canadians turned to LaFontaine as their leader, and under his direction maintained their opposition to the See also:special See also:council, composed of nominees of the See also:crown. In 1839 Lord See also:Sydenham, the governor-See also:general, offered the See also:solicitor generalship to LaFontaine, which he refused; and after the See also:Union of 1841 LaFontaine was defeated in the county of Terrebonne through the governor's See also:influence. During the next See also:year he obtained a seat in the assembly of the province of Canada, and on the See also:death of Sydenham he was called by Sir Charles Bagot to See also:form an administration with See also:Robert See also:Baldwin. The See also:ministry resigned in See also:November 1843, as a protest against the actions of Lord See also:Metcalfe, who had succeeded Bagot. In 1848 LaFontaine formed a new administration with Baldwin, and remained in See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office until 1851, when he retired from public See also:life. It was during the ministry of LaFontaine-Baldwin that the See also:Amnesty See also:Bill was passed, which occasioned See also:grave riots in Montreal, See also:personal violence to Lord See also:Elgin and the destruction of the See also:parliament buildings. After the death of Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Stuart 'in 1853 La-Fontaine was appointed chief See also:justice of Lower Canada and See also:president of the seigneurial See also:court, which settled the vexed question of See also:land See also:tenure in Canada; and in 1854 he was created a See also:baronet. He died at Montreal on the 26th of See also:February 1864.
LaFontaine was well versed in constitutional' See also:history and French See also:law; he reasoned closely and presented his conclusions with directness. He was upright in his conduct, sincerely attached to the traditions of his See also:race, and laboured conscientiously to establish responsible See also:government in Canada. His See also:principal See also:works are: L' Analyse de l'ordonnance du conseil special sur See also:les bureaux d'hypotheques (Montreal, 1842); Observations sur les questions seigneuriales (Montreal, 1854) ; see La-Fontaine, by A. DeCelles (See also:Toronto, 1906). (A. G.
End of Article: LAFONTAINE, SIR LOUIS HIPPOLYTE, BART
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