Background
He was born in L"Assomption, Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1836.
journalist lieutenant governor politician
He was born in L"Assomption, Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1836.
In 1872, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Montreal East. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1874. Jetté was chief justice of the Court of King’s Bench.
From 1898 to 1908 he was the lieutenant governor of Quebec.
She was born in Montreal, Quebec March 27, 1841. The couple married, in 1862 and lived at 'Spencerwood' Quebec.
She volunteered with various benevolent and religious institutions connected with the Church of Rome in Canada. Mount Jetté in British Columbia, just inside the junction of the British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon borders at the province"s extreme northwest, is named for him.
Jetté was a member of the Canadian Boundary Tribunal leading to the resolution of the Alaska Boundary Dispute.