Maxime Landreville

Canadian politician

Maxime Landreville (1860–1938) was a Canadian politician, who served three non-consecutive terms as a member of the Yukon Territorial Council.

Originally from Saint-Paul, Quebec, Landreville moved to Yukon in 1895 to work as a miner.[1] He settled in Dawson City, and in 1898 he was part of a delegation from the city who travelled to Ottawa to lobby for changes in federal mining regulation.[2]

He was first elected to the territorial council in the 1903 Yukon general election to represent Yukon Electoral District No. 2.[3] He served until 1905, and did not run for reelection in the 1905 Yukon general election.[4]

In the 1909 Yukon general election he was elected from Klondike,[5] again serving a single term until 1912; in the 1917 Yukon general election he was elected in North Dawson,[6] serving until 1920.

In addition to his political career, he also served as a regional president of the Yukon Order of Pioneers in Dawson,[7] and was a singer in the local church choir.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Will Visit Old Home". Whitehorse Daily Star, October 24, 1919.
  2. ^ "Klondikers Are Here To Fight". Ottawa Citizen, March 21, 1898.
  3. ^ "Joseph Clarke in Yukon Council". The Province, January 17, 1903.
  4. ^ "Yukon Election Result: H. C. Macaulay, T. W. O'Brien and Richard Gillespie Successful in Contested Districts — Joe Clarke Goes Down to Defeat". Whitehorse Star, April 13, 1905.
  5. ^ "Yukon Council Election". Victoria Daily Times, June 30, 1909.
  6. ^ "The Yukon Council". Whitehorse Daily Star, March 30, 1917.
  7. ^ Michael Gates, "Pioneer banner a reminder of community spirit". Yukon News, August 26, 2016.
  8. ^ Yann Henry, "La Saint-Jean-Baptiste jusqu’au Yukon". L'Aurore boréale, June 15, 2017.


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