page_title: Beaudry Leman
section_title: Banking
hierarchical_section_title: Beaudry Leman / Biography / Banking
caption_attribution_description: English: Beaudry Leman’s tombstone (1878-1951), Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery (C61), Montreal. Français&#160;: Pierre tombale de Beaudry Leman (1878-1951), cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (C61), Montréal.
context_page_description: Beaudry Leman was a Canadian civil engineer, politician and banker. He was the third mayor of Shawinigan Falls, Quebec. He was general manager of the Banque d'Hochelaga and general manager and president of the Banque Canadienne Nationale.
context_section_description: On May 12, 1908, Beaudry Leman married Caroline Béique, daughter of Frédéric Liguori Béique, one of the founders of the Banque d'Hochelaga.
  In 1912, Leman entered in the service of the Banque d'Hochelaga, initially as superintendent of the bank's branches. In 1914, he was appointed general manager of the bank. In 1924, when the Banque d'Hochelaga and the Banque Nationale merged to form the Banque Canadienne Nationale, Leman became general manager of the merged bank, and he held that position until 1933. In 1933, Leman became vice-president of the Banque Canadienne Nationale, and in 1934 he became the president of the bank, holding that position until 1947. In 1947, he became chairman of the board.
  Leman was appointed as a member of several advisory committees by the federal government. He was a member of the advisory committee on the canalisation of the St. Lawrence River. In 1931-1932, he was a member of the Royal Commission to Inquire into Railways and Transportation in Canada. In 1933, he was a member of the Royal Commission on Banking and Currency in Canada, created by the Bennett government. Three of the five members of the commission recommended the creation of the Bank of Canada, although Beaudry Leman was one of the two minority members opposed to that creation.
  He was director of many companies, including Shawinigan Water & Power, Quebec Power, Canada Steamship Lines, Fairchild Aircraft, Ogilvie Flour Mills, Delaware & Hudson Railway Corp., Montreal Tramways, Provincial Transport Co., Canadian Airways Ltd, Consolidated Bakeries, and Crédit Foncier Franco Canadien. He was vice-president of Allied War Supplies Ltd.
  He died in 1951 and was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.
  Avenue Beaudry-Leman, in the Sainte-Croix neighborhood in Shawinigan, was named to honor him.
  The Jean-Baptiste-Beaudry-Leman house, built in 1936, is located in the Outremont neighbourhood in Montreal. It was one of the first international-style houses built in Montreal.
caption: Beaudry Leman's tombstone in Montreal
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