Adhémar Raynault

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| honorific-prefix = Mayor

| name = Adhémar Raynault

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| order = 36th Mayor of Montreal

| term_start = 1936

| term_end = 1938

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| predecessor = Camillien Houde

| successor = Camillien Houde (returned)

| term_start2 = 1940

| term_end2 = 1944

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| predecessor2 = Camillien Houde

| successor2 = Camillien Houde (returned)

| birth_date = 12 July 1891

| birth_place = Saint-Gérard-Majella, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1984|4|11|1891|7|12}}

| death_place = Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada

| party = Union Nationale

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| profession = Businessman

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Adhémar Raynault (12 July 1891 – 11 April 1984) was a Canadian politician and a Mayor of Montreal.

Early life

Raynault was born on 12 July 1891, in Saint-Gérard-de-Magella. Raynault moved to Montreal in 1911. He started as a clerk in a trading house. He had several jobs before becoming an insurance broker. During this period, he continued to perfect his training in the evening, after work. Pretty quickly, he became an important personality in the business world.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/archives/democratie/democratie_fr/expo/maires/raynault/index.shtm|title=Adhémar Raynault (1936-1938, 1940-1944) - La démocratie à Montréal - Archives de Montréal|website=www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca|language=fr|access-date=2018-10-06}}

City politics

He was a city councillor for the district of Préfontaine in Montreal from 1934 to 1936. He also served as mayor from 1936 to 1938, and from 1940 to 1944. His last tenure as mayor was provisionally served while Camillien Houde was interned for wartime opposition to conscription.