Edmond Lareau

Edmond Lareau, (March 13, 1848 – April 21, 1890) was a lawyer, author, journalist and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal.

Biography He was born Pierre-Bénoni-Evremond Lareau in Mount Johnson, Canada East, the son of Pierre-Bénoni Lareau and Odile Sylvestre, and was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir and Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario. Lareau was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1870 and set up practice in Montreal. He was granted a Bachelor of Civil Law by McGill College in 1874. Lareau became a professor of law at the college. He was named Queen's Counsel in 1879.