death_date death_place appointed birth_place predecessor successor party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
7 april 1911 nice , france charles tupper terrebonne , canada east jean-baptiste guévremont joseph-marcellin wilson conservative senator for saurel , quebec march 11 , 1853 june 15 , 1896 louis-joseph forget.png louis-joseph forget
 april 7 , 1911 louis-joseph forget banker , stockbroker
louis-joseph forget

louis-joseph forget -lrb- march 11 , 1853 -- april 7 , 1911 -rrb- was a canadian businessman and politician .
born in terrebonne , canada east , he was a stockbroker and then founded his own brokerage firm , `` l. j. forget et compagnie '' , in 1876 .
one of the wealthiest french canadians in montreal , he was chairman of the montreal stock exchange in 1895 and 1896 .
he was president of the montreal street railway company and helped the company switch from horse cars to electric tramways .
in 1904 , he was the first french canadian to be appointed to the board of directors of the canadian pacific railway .
his nephew rodolphe forget joined his company and became one of the most important businessmen in the province of quebec and an elected member of the canadian house of commons .
louis-joseph forget was appointed to the senate of canada representing the senatorial division of sorel , quebec in 1896 .
a conservative , he served until his death .
his great-niece is thérèse forget casgrain , a feminist , reformer , politician and senator .
his home still survives today in montreal 's golden square mile .
he died in nice , france in 1911 and is buried in the notre dame des neiges cemetery .
