Louis Joseph Papineau

Papineau, Louis Joseph (1786–1871), Canadian politician, champion of French-Canadian rights in the English-dominated executive and legislature of Lower Canada (Quebec). While serving in the assembly of Lower Canada (1815–37), he framed the 92 Resolutions, a statement of French-Canadian grievances, passed by the assembly in 1834. In 1837 a revolt broke out, and Papineau, although not an active revolutionist, fled to the United States to avoid arrest. He resettled in Canada in 1845 and served in the assembly from 1848 to 1854.