predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
laurent-olivier david damase parizeau damase parizeau godfroy langlois 10 august 1937 sainte-marie-de-monnoir , canada east atlantic city , new jersey liberal member division no. 3 of the legislative assembly of quebec for montréal 05 april 1852 1890 1897 henri-benjamin rainville.png henri-benjamin rainville
 1892 1904 henri-benjamin rainville
henri-benjamin rainville

henri-benjamin rainville -lrb- april 5 , 1852 -- august 10 , 1937 -rrb- was a canadian lawyer , politician and speaker of the legislative assembly of the province of quebec .
born in sainte-marie-de-monnoir , quebec , the son of felix rainville , a farmer of french descent from touques -lrb- calvados -rrb- , and marie daignault , rainville obtained his elementary and classical education at the colleges of st. hyacinthe and ste. angele de monnoir , afterwards entering the law faculty of mcgill university , and graduating with the degree of b.c.l. in 1873 .
he was called to the quebec bar on january 14 , 1874 and practiced law with the law firm of rainville , archambault gervais and rainville .
he was a member of the montreal city council from 1882 until 1900 , sitting for centre ward .
he was first elected to the legislative assembly of quebec for montréal division no. 3 in the 1890 election .
a liberal , he was defeated in 1892 , but was elected in 1897 and 1900 .
from 1901 to 1905 , he was the speaker of the legislative assembly .
he was defeated in 1904 and 1908 .
