{"id":15938,"date":"2025-03-31T18:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/2025\/03\/community-profile-alexander-reford\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:14:40","slug":"community-profile-alexander-reford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/fr\/community-profile-alexander-reford\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Profile: Alexander Reford"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #c72026;\"><em>( fran\u00e7ais ci-dessous )<\/em><\/span><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Involved with Heritage Lower St. Lawrence since its creation, and the president of its board of directors from day one, Alexander Reford is a pillar not only of our English-speaking community, but of the region as a whole. He announced his retirement from Les Jardins de M\u00e9tis at the end of 2024 to become commissioner of the 100th anniversary celebrations in 2026.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a historian, volunteer and board member, he has supported Heritage and its team on several of their projects over the past two decades.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is the candidate for the new Rimouski-La Matap\u00e9dia riding for the Liberal Party of Canada for the 2025 election. We are so very pleased to feature him as our Community Profile this month, and glad he took some time to answer our HLSL Proust Questionnaire.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Where are you from? Where is home for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I grew up in Aylmer, Quebec, first on the banks of the Ottawa River and from age 7 on a farm on a ridge of the Gatineau Hills. And I now live in St. Octave-de-M\u00e9tis, where I enjoy the most spectacular views of the St. Lawrence and the fields and forests that clothe the rolling hills. With a decade spent on the campus of the University of Toronto and Oxford University, I have been fortunate in living in several of the most beautiful landscapes the world has to offer. Perhaps for this reason, through my work life I have done my best to make the world a more beautiful place. For a long time, my home was my parents farm where I worked with my parents for a dozen summers and almost every weekend. Through my twenties, I went back there to work the land, build fences and join my mother and brothers in gardening and working the forest. Home is now the Lower St. Lawrence, where I have lived for more than thirty years. I have embraced the region and am fortunate that the region has embraced me in return.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Did you know about poutine before you arrived? Best place to get it if you do know?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I confess to not being a fan of poutine, preferring my French Fries the old-fashioned way, with an equal proportion of fries and ketchup, now fortunately made by the Mine de Ketchup in the nearby village of Padoue.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is your favourite place in the Lower Saint Lawrence, and why?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life has given me the chance of circumnavigating the St. Lawrence hundreds of times. And now as a candidate in the federal election, I am discovering places and people that are new to me and offering remarkable encounters. My favourite spot \u2026 coming over the hill from Padoue and the remarkable 1911 church in St. Octave de M\u00e9tis, its spire reaching skyward against the backdrop of the St. Lawrence. It is one of the most exhilarating revelations in a region that has so many beautiful vistas and landscapes.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your favourite pastime?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My spare time is spent researching and writing. I can\u2019t write without first researching, so the hours spent in sleuthing out unknown facts, texts and images is a pastime and a passion. I have books in process, on Elsie Reford and her life and a long overdue history of Metis-sur-Mer. These are very different projects, but so rich in detail that it is a feat to create the narrative that will make the books interesting to readers who know nothing about Elsie or Metis. I also have a book in mind to write the St. Lawrence, particularly the environmental changes that are shaping our coastline, the shifts that create anxiety but also give us a remarkable laboratory to observe change, experiment solutions and discuss the future with scientists, activists and observers.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<strong>What is your idea of perfect happiness?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perfect happiness \u2026 a new book, a crackling fire, jazz or classical music, a purring cat or cuddly dog, interspersed with conversation and laughter, and someone serving me good food and a cup of Lapsang souchong tea.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What talent would you most like to have?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish that I had had the musical talent to pursue a career as a musician. I spent two years at the Conservatoire de musique in Hull studying trumpet in my teens. Then, as now, I marvelled at the sheer talent of the other musicians, at once with their instruments, but also their musical memory and their capacity to bring the black notes on a dead page to life. Their hard work, expressivity, natural and learned talent made me realize that I was good, but nearly good enough to make music my profession. I have compensated by my lack of talent by offering our buildings and gardens to musicians and performers to share their prowess with concerts every month of the year. It is my way of rewarding real talent.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0What is your greatest achievement?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have written many short biographies of Canadians (you can read them on line on the Dictionary of Canadian biography if you like). So I have often had to answer this question as an historian when describing the achievements of my subjects. How do you summarize a person\u2019s life in a single sentence?<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without doubt, re-shaping Les Jardins de M\u00e9tis and making them a cultural destination is my greatest achievement in the eyes of many. I think my achievements are modest on their own, but when combined reveal a life spent making our communities stronger,\u00a0 creating beauty and curating beautiful moments.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is your motto?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do not really have a personal motto or mantra. My family motto is a play on words, \u201cvrai et fort\u201d (which when said quickly becomes \u201cRaifort\u201d or \u201cReford\u201d). Not much of a motto in my opinion. If I have a credo, it is get up early and change the world for the better, one day at a time.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<strong>Biggest regret?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have given my life to my causes, community and gardens. I regret not having had the thrill of children to whom I could pass on my love of the region and the planet. I have compensated by welcoming many nieces, nephews and cousins and involving them in my projects. And I suppose my eagerness to welcome students and interns is another way I have found to turn my personal regret into a commitment to offer youth a place to find their way and their passion.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Impliqu\u00e9 dans les activit\u00e9s d\u2019H\u00e9ritage\u00a0Bas-Saint-Laurent (HBSL) depuis sa cr\u00e9ation, notamment en tant que pr\u00e9sident du conseil d\u2019administration depuis le premier jour, Alexander Reford est un pilier de notre communaut\u00e9 anglophone, mais aussi de la r\u00e9gion dans son ensemble. \u00c0 la fin de l\u2019ann\u00e9e\u00a02024, il a annonc\u00e9 sa retraite des Jardins de M\u00e9tis pour assumer le r\u00f4le de commissaire du centenaire des Jardins en 2026.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En tant qu\u2019historien, b\u00e9n\u00e9vole et membre du conseil d\u2019administration, il a soutenu HBSL et son \u00e9quipe dans plusieurs de leurs projets au cours des deux derni\u00e8res d\u00e9cennies.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reford repr\u00e9sentera le Parti lib\u00e9ral du Canada aux \u00e9lections de 2025 dans la nouvelle circonscription de Rimouski-La Matap\u00e9dia. Nous avons le plaisir de le pr\u00e9senter dans l\u2019article \u00ab\u00a0Pleins feux sur la communaut\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb de ce mois-ci, et le remercions d\u2019avoir pris le temps de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 notre propre questionnaire de Proust HBSL.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>D\u2019o\u00f9 venez-vous et o\u00f9 vous sentez-vous le plus chez vous?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J\u2019ai grandi \u00e0 Aylmer, au Qu\u00e9bec, d\u2019abord sur les rives de la rivi\u00e8re des Outaouais, puis, \u00e0 partir de l\u2019\u00e2ge de 7\u00a0ans, dans une ferme situ\u00e9e sur une cr\u00eate des collines de la Gatineau. J\u2019habite maintenant \u00e0 Saint-Octave-de-M\u00e9tis, o\u00f9 je profite des vues les plus spectaculaires sur le Saint-Laurent et sur les champs et les for\u00eats qui couvrent les collines ondulantes. Apr\u00e8s une dizaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es pass\u00e9es sur les campus de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto et de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Oxford, j\u2019ai eu la chance de vivre dans plusieurs des plus beaux paysages que le monde puisse offrir. C\u2019est peut-\u00eatre pour cette raison que, tout au long de ma carri\u00e8re, j\u2019ai fait de mon mieux pour rendre le monde plus beau. Pendant longtemps, mon chez-moi a \u00e9t\u00e9 la ferme de mes parents, o\u00f9 j\u2019ai travaill\u00e9 avec eux pendant au moins une dizaine d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9s et presque toutes les fins de semaine. Tout au long de ma vingtaine, j\u2019y suis retourn\u00e9 pour travailler la terre, construire des cl\u00f4tures et aider ma m\u00e8re et mes fr\u00e8res avec le jardinage et le travail de la for\u00eat. Mon chez-moi est maintenant le Bas-Saint-Laurent, o\u00f9 je vis depuis plus de trente ans. J\u2019ai ouvert mon c\u0153ur \u00e0 la r\u00e9gion, et je suis chanceux qu\u2019elle m\u2019ait accueilli en retour.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Connaissiez-vous la poutine avant votre arriv\u00e9e? Savez-vous quel est le meilleur endroit pour en manger?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J\u2019avoue ne pas \u00eatre un fan de poutine. Je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re mes frites \u00e0 l\u2019ancienne, avec une proportion \u00e9gale de frites et de ketchup. Heureusement, il y a maintenant la Mine\u00a0de\u00a0Ketchup qui produit du ketchup dans le village voisin de Padoue.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Quel est votre endroit pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 dans le Bas-Saint-Laurent et pourquoi?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La vie m\u2019a donn\u00e9 la chance de faire le tour de la r\u00e9gion des centaines de fois. Maintenant, en tant que candidat aux \u00e9lections f\u00e9d\u00e9rales, je d\u00e9couvre de nouveaux lieux et rencontre de nouvelles personnes qui me permettent de vivre des exp\u00e9riences remarquables. Mon endroit pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 est celui que l\u2019on d\u00e9couvre apr\u00e8s avoir franchi la colline depuis Padoue, d\u2019o\u00f9 on peut apercevoir la remarquable \u00e9glise de Saint-Octave datant de 1911, avec sa fl\u00e8che s\u2019\u00e9lan\u00e7ant vers le ciel et le Saint-Laurent en toile de fond. Il s\u2019agit de l\u2019une des r\u00e9v\u00e9lations les plus exaltantes dans une r\u00e9gion qui compte tant de panoramas et de paysages magnifiques.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Quel est votre passe-temps pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je consacre mon temps libre \u00e0 la recherche et \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9criture. Je ne peux pas \u00e9crire sans d\u2019abord faire des recherches, et passer des heures \u00e0 d\u00e9nicher des faits, des images et des textes qui m\u2019\u00e9taient inconnus est \u00e0 la fois un passe-temps et une passion pour moi. J\u2019ai d\u2019ailleurs des livres en cours de r\u00e9daction en ce moment\u00a0: un sur Elsie Reford et sa vie, et un autre sur l\u2019histoire de M\u00e9tis-sur-Mer, qui aurait d\u00fb voir le jour bien avant. Il s\u2019agit de projets tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rents, mais tellement riches en d\u00e9tails. Ce n\u2019est vraiment pas \u00e9vident de cr\u00e9er la trame qui rendra ces livres int\u00e9ressants pour les lecteurs qui ne connaissent rien d\u2019Elsie ou de M\u00e9tis. J\u2019ai aussi en t\u00eate un livre sur le Saint-Laurent, en particulier sur les changements environnementaux qui fa\u00e7onnent notre littoral, qui suscitent de l\u2019inqui\u00e9tude, mais qui nous donnent aussi un remarquable laboratoire pour les observer, exp\u00e9rimenter des solutions et discuter de l\u2019avenir avec des scientifiques, des activistes et des observateurs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Quelle est votre id\u00e9e du bonheur parfait?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le bonheur parfait&#8230; un nouveau livre, un feu qui cr\u00e9pite, du jazz ou de la musique classique, un chat qui ronronne ou un chien c\u00e2lin, le tout accompagn\u00e9 de conversations et de rires, et quelqu\u2019un qui me sert un bon repas et une tasse de th\u00e9 lapsang souchong.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Quel est le talent que vous aimeriez le plus avoir?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J\u2019aurais aim\u00e9 avoir le talent musical n\u00e9cessaire pour poursuivre une carri\u00e8re de musicien. \u00c0 l\u2019adolescence, j\u2019ai \u00e9tudi\u00e9 la trompette au Conservatoire de musique de Hull pendant deux ans. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, tout comme aujourd\u2019hui, j\u2019\u00e9tais \u00e9merveill\u00e9 par le talent incroyable des autres musiciens qui ne faisaient qu\u2019un avec leur instrument, mais aussi par leur m\u00e9moire musicale et leur capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 donner vie aux notes noires d\u2019une page inerte. Leur travail acharn\u00e9, leur expressivit\u00e9, et leur talent naturel et acquis m\u2019ont fait prendre conscience que j\u2019\u00e9tais bon, mais pas assez pour faire de la musique mon m\u00e9tier. J\u2019ai compens\u00e9 mon manque de talent en mettant nos b\u00e2timents et nos jardins \u00e0 la disposition de musiciens et d\u2019artistes-interpr\u00e8tes pour qu\u2019ils mettent en valeur leurs prouesses lors de concerts tous les mois de l\u2019ann\u00e9e. C\u2019est ma fa\u00e7on de r\u00e9compenser les vrais talents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Quelle est votre plus grande r\u00e9ussite?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J\u2019ai \u00e9crit de nombreuses biographies courtes de figures canadiennes (vous pouvez les lire en ligne sur le Dictionnaire biographique du Canada si vous le souhaitez). C\u2019est pourquoi, en tant qu\u2019historien, j\u2019ai souvent d\u00fb r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 cette question en d\u00e9crivant les r\u00e9alisations de mes sujets. Comment r\u00e9sumer la vie d\u2019une personne en une seule phrase?<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sans aucun doute, le fait d\u2019avoir remodel\u00e9 les Jardins de M\u00e9tis et d\u2019en avoir fait une destination culturelle est ma plus grande r\u00e9ussite aux yeux de beaucoup. Je pense que mes r\u00e9alisations sont modestes en soi, mais lorsqu\u2019elles sont combin\u00e9es, elles r\u00e9v\u00e8lent une vie pass\u00e9e \u00e0 rendre nos communaut\u00e9s plus fortes, \u00e0 cr\u00e9er de la beaut\u00e9 et \u00e0 orchestrer de beaux moments.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Quelle est votre devise?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je n\u2019ai pas vraiment de devise personnelle. La devise de ma famille est un jeu de mots, \u00ab\u00a0vrai et fort\u00a0\u00bb (qui devient \u00ab\u00a0Raifort\u00a0\u00bb ou \u00ab\u00a0Reford\u00a0\u00bb lorsqu\u2019on le dit rapidement), quoique ce n\u2019est pas tout \u00e0 fait une devise \u00e0 mon avis. Si j\u2019ai un credo, je dirais que c\u2019est de me lever t\u00f4t et de changer le monde pour le rendre meilleur, un jour \u00e0 la fois.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Quel est votre plus grand regret?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J\u2019ai consacr\u00e9 ma vie \u00e0 mes causes, \u00e0 ma communaut\u00e9 et \u00e0 mes jardins. Je regrette de ne pas avoir eu la joie d\u2019avoir des enfants \u00e0 qui transmettre mon amour de la r\u00e9gion et de la plan\u00e8te. J\u2019ai compens\u00e9 en accueillant de nombreux neveux, ni\u00e8ces et cousins et cousines et en les impliquant dans mes projets. Je suppose que mon empressement \u00e0 accueillir des \u00e9tudiants et des stagiaires est un autre moyen que j\u2019ai trouv\u00e9 pour transformer mon regret personnel en un engagement \u00e0 offrir aux jeunes un endroit o\u00f9 trouver leur voie et leur passion.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander_Reford_October_2019_3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>( fran\u00e7ais ci-dessous ) Involved with Heritage Lower St. Lawrence since its creation, and the president of its board of directors from day one, Alexander Reford is a pillar not only of our English-speaking community, but of the region as a whole. 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