Pierre Street-Jean

September 23, 1833 (age 66)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

During the 1840s, he established a French language literary society there with J.B. Turgeon. He worked for a while with another doctor in Ottawa and then practiced in Saint-Denis, Quebec. He was one of only three Franco-Ontarian doctors in Ottawa at the time. He served four terms as president of the L"Institut canadien-français d"Ottawa. In 1874, he became the first French-speaking member from Ontario in the Canadian House of Commons, representing Ottawa City. He was mayor of Ottawa from 1882 to 1883 being the first to have been born in lieutenant During his term as mayor, the Canada Atlantic Railway link to Ottawa was completed. Following his term as mayor, he remained on staff at the Ottawa General Hospital until 1898 and also worked at the Department of Public Works. He died in Ottawa in 1900.

Pierre Street-Jean

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Background

He was born in Bytown in 1833.

Education

He studied medicine at McGill College in Montreal and received his license to practice medicine in 1855.

Career

During the 1840s, he established a French language literary society there with J.B. Turgeon. He worked for a while with another doctor in Ottawa and then practiced in Saint-Denis, Quebec. He was one of only three Franco-Ontarian doctors in Ottawa at the time.

He served four terms as president of the L"Institut canadien-français d"Ottawa.

In 1874, he became the first French-speaking member from Ontario in the Canadian House of Commons, representing Ottawa City. He was mayor of Ottawa from 1882 to 1883 being the first to have been born in lieutenant

During his term as mayor, the Canada Atlantic Railway link to Ottawa was completed. Following his term as mayor, he remained on staff at the Ottawa General Hospital until 1898 and also worked at the Department of Public Works.

He died in Ottawa in 1900.

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