Louis Schmidt was born on December 4, 1844, at Old Fort, near Fort Chipewyan and was baptised at Portage La Loche by Father Jean-Baptiste Thibault in July 1845.[1][2] He died in Saint Louis, Saskatchewan, near Batoche November 6, 1935. In 1869 he was secretary to the first Provisional Government organized in the Red River Colony.[1] Schmidt sat as an elected member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for Saint Boniface West in 1870–1874 and again in 1878–1879.[1] He was the grandson of Alexis Bonami and a classmate of Louis Riel.[2]
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- 1.[1.2][1.3]"Memorable Manitobans: Louis Schmidt". Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- 2.[2.2]"RootsWeb: METISGEN-L [METISGEN-L] Louis Schmidt dit Laferte". Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2012-08-19.