Provincial Bank of Canada
The Provincial Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that existed from 1861 to 1979. The bank was founded in Montreal as the Banque Jacques-Cartier, and on 7 May 1900 changed its name to the Banque provinciale.
History
In 1970, the bank acquired the Banque populaire, which had been founded in 1848 as the Caisse d'économie de Notre-Dame de Québec. In 1977 it acquired the Unity Bank of Canada, a small Toronto bank founded in 1972.It merged with the Banque Canadienne Nationale to form the National Bank of Canada in 1979.
File:Banque Jacques-Cartier, Place d'Armes, Montreal.jpg|thumb|The headquarters on Place d'Armes, designed in 1872 by Henri-Maurice Perrault. It is now the site of the Aldred Building.
A notable President of the Bank was Sir Hormidas Laporte, who previously served as Mayor of Montreal, and occupied the position from 1907 to 1934.
Leadership
President
- Jean-Louis Beaudry, 1861–1869
- Romuald Trudeau, 1869–1875
- Alphonse [Desjardins (politician)|Alphonse Desjardins], 1880–1899
- Guillaume-Narcisse Ducharme, 1900–1907
- Sir Hormidas Laporte, 1907–1934
- Stanislas-Jean-Baptiste Rolland, 1934–1936
- Charles-Arthur Roy, 1936–1946
- Joseph-Édouard Labelle, 1946–1957
- Joseph-Ubald Boyer, 1957–1967
- Léo Lavoie, 1967–1976
- Michel Bélanger, 1976–1979