United Kingdom. A North West Canada Medal to Lieut. Col. Ouimet, 65th Battalion

In silver, full size, rim contemporary engraved LIEUT. COL. JOSEPH A. OUIMET. M.P. 65 BAT. C.M.R., very minor wear, lovely patina, in extremely fine condition. 

Footnote: Joseph Alderic was born on May 20, 1848 in Ste. Rose, Lower Canada to Michel and Elisabeth Filiatrault St. Louis. He was educated at the College of Ste. Theresa and at Victoria University Cobourg, Ontario. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1870, and became head of the law firm of Ouimet, Emard and Maurault of Montreal. From 1873 to 1896, he represented Laval as a Liberal Conservative in the Canadian House of Commons. He was sworn of the King’s Privy Council for Canada in 1891, and from 1892 to 1896 he was minister of public works in the successive Abbott, Thompson and Bowell Cabinets. In 1896 he was appointed a puisne judge of the Court of King’s Bench of Quebec, and later retired from the bench in 1906. 

He married in 1874, and had several children. From 1879 to 1889, he was the lieutenant-colonel commanding the 65th Mount Royal Rifles. He saw service in the Fenian raids of 1870 and in the North West Rebellion of 1885; and in 1888 he was president of the Dominion Rifle Association. 

He died in Montreal on May 12, 1916.