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Jean-Baptiste Rolland, first president of the Rolland Paper Company, from 1882 to 1888

Portrait in black & white of an elderly man with white sideburns. He wears a white shirt with a black bow tie, and a dark jacket with ornamentation (a chain of office).

Provenance : Société d’histoire de la Rivière-du-Nord, Rolland Company Fonds

Call number : P001, S06, SS01, D01, P04

Photographer : Unknown

Date : Circa 1882

In 1879 Jean-Baptiste Rolland replaced his master Ludger Duvernay, upon the latter’s death, as president of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste. He also took over from him as owner of the newspaper La Minerve for some years. Actively involved in civic life, he was elected to Montreal municipal council and in 1887, upon the invitation of Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald, he became a Senator, representing the division of Mille-Îles.