La Fontaine, Sir Louis‐Hippolyte

La Fontaine, Sir Louis‐Hippolyte ( 1807 – 64 )
French‐Canadian statesman. A member of the legislative assembly of Lower Canada ( 1830 – 37 ), he opposed Papineau's Rebellion and was not in sympathy with Mackenzie's Rebellion of 1837 . An outspoken advocate of nationalism, he was arrested in 1838 , but soon released, and, after the union of Upper and Lower Canada ( 1841 ), assumed political leadership of the French‐Canadian reformers. In partnership with Robert Baldwin he twice formed the government of United Canada (...

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