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About Pierre Delorme
- Pierre Delorme (de L'Orme) (ca October 1, 1832 – November 10, 1912) was a Métis fur trader, businessman, farmer and political figure.
- He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada during the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member from 1871 to 1872.
- He also represented St.
- Norbert South in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1870 to 1874 and St.
- Norbert from 1878 to 1879. He was born in St.
- Boniface, Manitoba in 1832 to Joseph Amable Fafard dit Delorme and Josephte Bellisle.
- He worked for the Hudson's Bay Company at Swan River from 1852 to 1856.
- In 1854 he was married to Adélaïde Millet dit Beauchemin, daughter of André Millet dit Beauchemin and Madeleine Ducharme.
- After that, he settled on a farm near Pointe-Coupée (St.
- Adolphe).
- He was a member of the provisional government established by Louis Riel and captured Major Charles Arkoll Boulton, Thomas Scott and others when they attempted to take over Upper Fort Garry (now Winnipeg).
- He left Riel's government after Boulton was sentenced to be executed.
- In 1870, he was named a justice of the peace.
- In 1871, he was part of a group of volunteers organized to defend Manitoba against the Fenian raids.
- Delorme promoted Louis Riel as a candidate for Provencher in 1872, when Riel stepped aside for Sir George-Étienne Cartier, and 1873.
- He was named hay commissioner in 1873 and served on the Council of the North-West Territories from 1873 to 1875.
- He was named minister of agriculture and president of the executive council for Manitoba in 1878.
- Even after he left politics, Delorme lobbied for amnesty for Riel and for MĂ©tis land rights. One of his great-grandchildren is best-selling MĂ©tis author George R.
- D.
- Goulet.
- He died at St.
- Adolphe, Manitoba in 1912. The Provincial Road 210 bridge over the Red River near St.
- Adolphe is named after Pierre Delorme.
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