Background
He was born Augustin-Rémi Raymond in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the son of Joseph Raymond and Louise Cartier, and was educated at Saint-Hyacinthe college.
He was born Augustin-Rémi Raymond in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the son of Joseph Raymond and Louise Cartier, and was educated at Saint-Hyacinthe college.
He represented Saint Hyacinthe in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1863 to 1866. Raymond was a founding director of the Banque de Saint-Hyacinthe and of the Compagnie d"imprimerie de Saint-Hyacinthe, which printed the Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in an 1863 by-election held after Louis-Victor Sicotte was named a judge.
Raymond ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1867.
He died in Saint-Hyacinthe at the age of 79.