# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raymond-prefontaine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:41:16.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raymond-prefontaine"
name: "Raymond Préfontaine"
slug: "raymond-prefontaine"
description: "Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine, was a Canadian politician. He was the Mayor of Montreal from 1898 to 1902, and sent Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier to explore the Arctic."
tagline: "Former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1898-1902)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raymond_Prefontaine.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1850-09-16"
deathDate: "1905-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.22
  momentum:             2.4
  historical:           3.937437333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "رايموند پريفونتاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Pr%C3%A9fontaine"
    title: "Raymond Préfontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Pr%C3%A9fontaine"
    title: "Raymond Préfontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Pr%C3%A9fontaine"
    title: "Raymond Préfontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3421100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump