Jeanne St. Laurent
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Jeanne St. Laurent | |
|---|---|
 St. Laurent during her wedding in 1908 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada | |
| In office November 15, 1948 – June 21, 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Louis St. Laurent |
| Preceded by | Isabel Meighen (1920) |
| Succeeded by | Olive Diefenbaker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeanne Renault October 22, 1886 Beauceville, Quebec, Canada[1] |
| Died | November 14, 1966 (aged 80) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Resting place | Saint Thomas d'Aquin Cemetery, Compton, Quebec, Canada |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5 |
Jeanne St. Laurent (née Renault; October 22, 1886 – November 14, 1966) was the wife of Louis St. Laurent, the 12th Prime Minister of Canada.
Biography
[edit]Renault was born in Beauceville, Quebec.[2] Her parents were Pierre-Ferdinand Renault (1853–1912) and Amanda Montminy (1853–1922). Pierre-Ferdinand Renault was a Beauceville businessman (originally from Ste-Claire-de-Dorchester, Quebec) and changed his family name from Renaud.
Renault met Louis St. Laurent at a party in Quebec City in 1906 while he was working as a lawyer,[3] and they married in 1908. They had five children together, two sons and three daughters.[2] In 1951, she moved the family to Ottawa, after the government purchased an official prime-ministerial residence at 24 Sussex Drive. She would tour with her husband, but she refused to fly and never became reconciled to living in Ottawa.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Last rites Wednesday for former PM's wife". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. No. 65th year, No. 25. 15 November 1966. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ a b Schlee, Gary (May 19, 2010). "St. Laurent marries Jeanne Renault". Canadian Prime Ministers.
- ^ a b "Biography – ST-LAURENT, LOUIS-STEPHEN – Volume XX (1971-1980) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Retrieved 2016-10-31.
