Rémi Benoît (January 3, 1842 – June 19, 1919) was a man of a number of vocations from D'Escousse, Nova Scotia. Benoît, at various times, was a teacher, an office holder, a newspaper editor. He was a French-speaking Acadian who received a great deal of his education in English, resulting in his being fluently bi-lingual. He is important to Canadian history because of his support of the . This support was most evident in his work involving a mutual benefit society. In 1881 he helped organize the and also on three subsequent occasions. This culminated in 1902 with the formation of the , a mutual benefit society. This became the most important Acadian financial institution of the 20th century and Benoît served as president, chancellor, and a director.
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| - Rémi Benoît (January 3, 1842 – June 19, 1919) was a man of a number of vocations from D'Escousse, Nova Scotia. Benoît, at various times, was a teacher, an office holder, a newspaper editor. He was a French-speaking Acadian who received a great deal of his education in English, resulting in his being fluently bi-lingual. He is important to Canadian history because of his support of the . This support was most evident in his work involving a mutual benefit society. In 1881 he helped organize the and also on three subsequent occasions. This culminated in 1902 with the formation of the , a mutual benefit society. This became the most important Acadian financial institution of the 20th century and Benoît served as president, chancellor, and a director. (en)
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| - Rémi Benoît (January 3, 1842 – June 19, 1919) was a man of a number of vocations from D'Escousse, Nova Scotia. Benoît, at various times, was a teacher, an office holder, a newspaper editor. He was a French-speaking Acadian who received a great deal of his education in English, resulting in his being fluently bi-lingual. He is important to Canadian history because of his support of the . This support was most evident in his work involving a mutual benefit society. In 1881 he helped organize the and also on three subsequent occasions. This culminated in 1902 with the formation of the , a mutual benefit society. This became the most important Acadian financial institution of the 20th century and Benoît served as president, chancellor, and a director. Benoît devoted much energy to Acadian causes and founding an institution that, in an altered form, still exists today. (en)
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