Jeanne St. Laurent

Jeanne St. Laurent
St. Laurent during her wedding in 1908
Born	Jeanne Renault (1886-10-22)October 22, 1886 Beauceville, Quebec, Canada[1]
Died	November 14, 1966(1966-11-14) (aged 80) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Resting place	Saint Thomas d'Aquin Cemetery, Compton, Quebec, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse	Louis St. Laurent ​ (m. 1908)​
Children	5

Jeanne St. Laurent (née Renault; October 22, 1886 – November 14, 1966) was the wife of Louis St. Laurent, the 12th Prime Minister of Canada.

Biography

Renault was born in Beauceville, Quebec.^[2] Her parents were Pierre-Ferdinand Renault (1853–1912) and Amanda Montminy (1853–1922). Pierre-Ferdinand Renault was a Beauceville businessman (originally from Ste-Claire-de-Dorchester, Quebec) and changed his family name from Renaud.

Renault met Louis St. Laurent at a party in Quebec City in 1906 while he was working as a lawyer,^[3] and they married in 1908. They had five children together, two sons and three daughters.^[2] In 1951, she moved the family to Ottawa, after the government purchased an official prime-ministerial residence at 24 Sussex Drive. She would tour with her husband, but she refused to fly and never became reconciled to living in Ottawa.^[3]

See also

• Spouse of the prime minister of Canada

References

1. "Last rites Wednesday for former PM's wife". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. No. 65th year, No. 25. 15 November 1966. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
2. Schlee, Gary (May 19, 2010). "St. Laurent marries Jeanne Renault". Canadian Prime Ministers.
3. "Biography – ST-LAURENT, LOUIS-STEPHEN – Volume XX (1971-1980) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Retrieved 2016-10-31.