Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)

Whole and retail butcher, MLA (1896-1899), MLA (1908-1910), MLA (1914-1915).

Born at Pointe Claire, Montreal on 15 March 1858, son of Severe and Marcelus Lauzon, he was educated at Pointe Claire College. At the age of 16 he became a butcher’s apprentice. In 1876 he came to Winnipeg and worked in the meat trade for two years until he established his own butchery in St. Boniface. He later moved to Emerson, Manitoba where he stayed until 1884.

In 1879, he married Adeline Henry. They had two sons and three daughters. In 1911, they lived at 95 Athole Street, Winnipeg. He was a member of the Retail Merchants Association and the Cercle du Sacre-Coeur, and president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society. He served on the St. Boniface municipal council for thirteen years and was elected to the Manitoba Legislature for St. Boniface in 1896, serving one term, and two subsequent terms for La Verendrye, in 1908 and 1914.

He died at Winnipeg on 18 June 1944 and was buried in St. Boniface Cemetery.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

“J. B. Lauzon dies Sunday”, Winnipeg Free Press, 19 June 1944. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9, page 152]

Profile revised: 23 December 2009

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