Nationality Canadian | Name Jeanne Laurent | |
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Born October 22, 1886 ( 1886-10-22 ) Beauceville, Quebec Known for Wife of Louis St. Laurent | ||
Jeanne Saint-Laurent (née Renault; October 22, 1886 – November 14, 1966) was the wife of Louis St. Laurent, the 12th Prime Minister of Canada.
Biography
She was born in Beauceville, Quebec. Her parents were Pierre-Ferdinand Renault (1853–1912) and Amanda Montminy (1853–1922). Pierre-Ferdinand Renault was a Beauceville businessman (originally from Ste-Claire-de-Dorchester) and changed his family name from Renaud.
Renault met Louis St. Laurent at a party in Quebec City in 1906 while he was working as a lawyer. Jeanne Renault and Louis St. Laurent married in 1908. They had five children together: two sons and three daughters. In 1951, she moved the family permanently to Ottawa, after Louis purchased an official prime-ministerial residence at 24 Sussex Drive. She would tour with her husband, but she refused to fly but never became reconciled to living in Ottawa.