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Origin of picture and identity of persons[edit]
This photograph was most likely taken by Joseph Langevin on 3 June 1870, and copies of the photograph were available at McLaughlin's Picture Gallery.[1] It included:
- Back row, left to right: François Guillemette (a military appointment guard under the Adjutant General), Pierre Delorme (Councillor representing Pointe Coupée Parish and a magistrate in the District Court of Fort Garry), Thomas Bunn (Secretary of State, Cabinet Secretary, Councillor for St. Clement’s Parish, member of the Law Committee, and one of the drafters of the Constitution for the Provisional Government of Assiniboia), Xavier Pagé (Councillor for Saint-François-Xavier Parish), André Beauchemin (Councillor for Saint-Vital Parish), Baptiste Tourond (Councillor for Saint-Norbert Parish), and Thomas Spence (no role in government, but was the editor of The New Nation, which was the paper of the Provisional Government).
- Centre row, left to right: Pierre Poitras (Councillor for Baie Saint-Paul Parish), John Bruce (first President but resigned, Superintendent of Public Works, Councillor for Saint-Boniface Parish, one of the drafters of the Constitution for the Provisional Government of Assiniboia, member of the Law Committee, and a magistrate in the District Court of Fort Garry), Louis Riel (President, one of the drafters of the Constitution for the Provisional Government of Assiniboia, and member of the Law Committee), William B. O’Donoghue (Treasurer, Councillor for Saint-Boniface Parish, one of the drafters of the Constitution for the Provisional Government of Assiniboia, and member of the Law Committee), and François Dauphinais (Councillor for Saint-Charles Parish).
- Front row, left to right: Hugh "Bob" F. Olone (councillor for Town of Winnipeg and a military appointment 1st Lieutenant under the Adjutant General), Paul Proulx (a military appointment guard under the Adjutant General).[2]
The setting where the photograph was taken was not discussed in the article, but according to other accounts, the photograph was taken at the Red Saloon in Winnipeg. Some suggest that the photograph was taken by Ryder Larsen, but The New Nation article identifies Langevin as the most likely photographer for this photograph. [3]
Littlejohn657 (talk) 18:11, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
- ↑ Photography, article published in The New Nation on 3 June 1870 giving notice of a photograph of "President Riel, in a group with a number of members of the Government and prominent defenders of the people's rights" that people could obtain copies (the date on the source archive listing says it was published May 3, 1870, but the actual paper says June 3).
- ↑ A History of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia, by Norma Hall with Clifford P. Hall and Erin Verrier, 2010.
- ↑ A Misleading Portrait: The Provisional Government of Assiniboia and the Creation of Manitoba, by Derrick M. Nault, Prairie History (Issue 3), Manitoba Historical Society, Fall 2020.
