sentences:  From 1837 to 1841 he sat on the Executive Council of Lower Canada.Condemned by the Patriotes as a "vendu" in the Lower Canada Rebellion, in 1860 he was elected President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society.In 1859, he was elected President of the Banque du Peuple and his achievements in commerce and finance served to show that a French Canadian could make his fortune in business.