Royal Joseph 1837- Born At Repentigny Quebec Educated At St


Mary's College, Montreal. Entered into newspaper work; established

L'Ordre, Le Nouveau Monde, and assisted in founding La Revue

Canadien. Called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1864. Removed to Manitoba,

1870; founded there Le Metis. Elected to the first Legislative

Assembly of Manitoba, 1870; held many offices in successive

administrations until 1879. Member of the House of Commons, 1879-1888;

lieutenant-governor of the North-West Territories, 1888-1893. Member of

the Royal Society of Canada, 1893; editor of La Minerve, Montreal,

1894. =Bib.=: Begg, History of the North-West; Morgan, Can. Men.



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