{"id":188,"date":"2017-04-25T17:33:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T17:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=188"},"modified":"2017-10-25T17:27:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T17:27:01","slug":"colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"COLONEL (H) SIR RODOLPHE FORGET"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/span><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

COLONEL SIR RODOLPHE FORGET<\/h1><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Premier colonel honoraire du R\u00e9giment en 1910, le financier canadien-fran\u00e7ais Rodolphe Forget, \u00e0 la fin du 19e si\u00e8cle \u00e9tait taill\u00e9 une place importante dans le monde des affaires alors largement domin\u00e9 par les Anglo-Canadiens.<\/p>\n

Personnage audacieux, spontan\u00e9, controvers\u00e9, son influence s\u2019exer\u00e7ait autant dans le milieu des affaires qu\u2019au sein du monde politique. En 1915, Rodolphe forget \u00e9tait en effet pr\u00e9sident de la Quebec Railway Light Heat & Power Company qu\u2019il avait cr\u00e9\u00e9e en achetant en 1909 la Compagnie de gaz de Qu\u00e9bec, qui desservait la Vieille Capitale et vice-pr\u00e9sident de la tr\u00e8s importante Montreal Light Heat & Power qui assurait l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 dans la m\u00e9tropole, laquelle avait \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9e au d\u00e9but du 20e si\u00e8cle apr\u00e8s d\u2019intenses n\u00e9gociations avec Hebert Samuel Holt de la Compagnie de gaz de Montr\u00e9al et la Compagnie royale d\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 qu\u2019il avait acquise en 1890 avec son oncle Louis-Joseph.<\/p>\n

Pr\u00e9sident durant un temps de la Compagnie de navigation du Richelieu et de l\u2019Ontario, cette compagnie, sous son influence, sera ma\u00eetre d\u2019oeuvre du c\u00e9l\u00e8bre Manoir Richelieu, construit \u00e0 Pointe-au-Pic dans la r\u00e9gion de Charlevoix. Vill\u00e9giateur-m\u00e9c\u00e8ne, il a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le important dans la modernisation \u00e9conomique de Charlevoix en amenant le chemin de fer dans la r\u00e9gion et une usine de papier \u00e0 Clermont. en plus du Monoir Richelieu, dont on lui doit la construction, il se fit construire une luxueuse r\u00e9sidence d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 Saint-Ir\u00e9n\u00e9e, o\u00fb les Fusiliers all\u00e8rent d\u2019ailleurs durant quelques \u00e9t\u00e9s tenir des exercices dans un site enchanteur et il se fit m\u00eame \u00e9lire d\u00e9put\u00e9 f\u00e9d\u00e9ral du comt\u00e9 de Charlevoix de 1904 \u00e0 1917. En 1912, il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9 baronnet par le roi \u00c9douard VII et devenait ainsi Sir Rodolphe Forget.<\/p>\n

Rodolphe Forget avait commenc\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re de financier d\u00e8s l\u2019\u00e2ge de 15 ans, en entrant au service de la maison de courtage L.J. Forget et Cie. Fond\u00e9e par son oncle Louis-Joseph Forget, lui aussi bien connu du monde financier canadien. Devenu associ\u00e9 de cette firme de courtage en 1890, Rodolphe Forget y fut actif jusqu\u2019en 1907.<\/p>\n

Surnomm\u00e9 le jeune Napol\u00e9on de la rue Saint-Fran\u00e7ois Xavier, puisqu\u2019il fut pr\u00e9sident de la Bourse de Montr\u00e9al de 1907 \u00e0 1910, Rodolphe Forget \u00e9tait reconnu comme un investisseur audacieux dont les activit\u00e9s \u00e9taient g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement couronn\u00e9es de succ\u00e8s. Forget tenta de s\u2019assurer le monopole de distribution d\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 \u00e0 Qu\u00e9bec comme il le faisait \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al mais la concurrence d\u2019une autre compagnie qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise, la Compagnie \u00e9lectrique Dorchester, sera f\u00e9roce et apr\u00e8s l\u2019acquisition de cette derni\u00e8re par la puissante Shawinigan Water & Power, en 1915 le consortium de Forget fut lui-m\u00eame vendu \u00e0 cette derni\u00e8re en 1923.<\/p>\n

Forget multiplia d\u2019une mani\u00e8re un peu d\u00e9sordonn\u00e9e ses \u0153uvres philanthropiques. En plus des Fusiliers Mont-Royal, qui lui doivent beaucoup, notamment son r\u00f4le dans la campagne de financement public qui donna lieu \u00e0 la construction du man\u00e8ge de l\u2019avenue des Pins, il fut un grand bienfaiteur de l\u2019H\u00f4pital Notre Dame, \u00e0 laquelle il aurait vers\u00e9 l\u2019importante somme \u00e0 l\u2019\u00eapoque de 250 000 $.<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[11,12],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-188","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-dhier-a-ajourdhui","portfolio_category-membres-emerites"],"yoast_head":"\nCOLONEL (H) SIR RODOLPHE FORGET - Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COLONEL (H) SIR RODOLPHE FORGET - Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-25T17:27:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/emerites_coupes-1024x679.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"679\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimation du temps de lecture\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/mediatheque-item\\\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/mediatheque-item\\\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\\\/\",\"name\":\"COLONEL (H) SIR RODOLPHE FORGET - Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/mediatheque-item\\\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/mediatheque-item\\\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/emerites_coupes-1024x679.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-25T17:33:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-25T17:27:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/mediatheque-item\\\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/mediatheque-item\\\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/mediatheque-item\\\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/emerites_coupes-1024x679.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/emerites_coupes-1024x679.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":679},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/mediatheque-item\\\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Portfolio\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/fr\\\/mediatheque-item\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"COLONEL (H) SIR RODOLPHE FORGET\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal\",\"description\":\"Nunquam Retrorsum\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\\\/musee\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COLONEL (H) SIR RODOLPHE FORGET - Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/","og_locale":"fr_CA","og_type":"article","og_title":"COLONEL (H) SIR RODOLPHE FORGET - Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal","og_url":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/","og_site_name":"Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal","article_modified_time":"2017-10-25T17:27:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":679,"url":"https:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/emerites_coupes-1024x679.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimation du temps de lecture":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/","url":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/","name":"COLONEL (H) SIR RODOLPHE FORGET - Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/emerites_coupes-1024x679.png","datePublished":"2017-04-25T17:33:09+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-25T17:27:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-CA","@id":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/emerites_coupes-1024x679.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/emerites_coupes-1024x679.png","width":1024,"height":679},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/colonel-sir-rodolphe-forget\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Portfolio","item":"https:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/fr\/mediatheque-item\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"COLONEL (H) SIR RODOLPHE FORGET"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/#website","url":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/","name":"Mus\u00e9e Fusiliers Mont-Royal","description":"Nunquam Retrorsum","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-CA"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1457,"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/188\/revisions\/1457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lesfusiliersmont-royal.com\/musee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}