Lacroix, Édouard National Historic Person
Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec
Portrait of Édouard Lacroix
(© Arthur Roy / Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-)
Address :
Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2006-11-27
Life Date:
1889 to 1963
Dates:
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1934 to 1944
(Significant)
Other Name(s):
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Édouard Lacroix
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
2005-009
Importance:
One of the rare French-Canadian entrepreneurs in the interwar period to belong to Canada’s industrial elite
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Île Pozer Park, Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec
This business leader from the Beauce built an industrial empire in Quebec, the Maritimes, and New England. Making use of land in the Appalachians previously considered to be inaccessible, Édouard Lacroix helped integrate the lumber and pulp and paper industries in the Saint John River basin and contributed to the growth of Quebec's forest industry. A rare Francophone among industrial leaders of the interwar period, he encouraged other French-Canadian entrepreneurs. Member of Parliament from 1925 to 1944, this French-Canadian nationalist played an influential role in Quebec and Canadian politics.