Joseph-Octave Villeneuve

Joseph-Octave Villeneuve (4 March 1836 – 27 June 1901) was a Canadian businessman, provincial politician, and senator.

The Honourable Joseph-Octave Villeneuve
23rd Mayor of Montreal
In office 1894–1896
Preceded by	Alphonse Desjardins (politician)
Succeeded by	Richard Wilson-Smith
Senator for De Salaberry, Quebec
In office 1896–1901
Appointed by	Mackenzie Bowell
Preceded by	Joseph Tassé
Succeeded by	Frédéric Liguori Béique
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Hochelaga
In office 1886–1887
Preceded by	Louis Beaubien
Succeeded by	Charles Champagne
In office 1890–1896
Preceded by	Charles Champagne
Succeeded by	Daniel-Jérémie Décarie
Personal details
Born	(1836-03-04)4 March 1836 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada
Died	27 June 1901(1901-06-27) (aged 65) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Profession	businessman

Entering business in Montreal, Villeneuve founded a firm of wholesale grocers and spirits merchants. As a businessman and local politician he acquired large commercial interests in Canada.

He was mayor of Saint-Jean-Baptiste from 1866 to 1886 and warden of Hochelaga county from 1866 to 1880. From 1894 to 1896, he was the Mayor of Montreal. He was the Legislative Assembly of Quebec member for Hochelaga from 1886 to 1888 and from 1890 to 1896.

In 1896, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. A Conservative, he served until his death in 1901.

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References

• Joseph-Octave Villeneuve – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Joseph-Octave Villeneuve". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.