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Hamelin, Salomon (1810-1893) Métis trader and member of the first Legislative Council of Manitoba. Salomon Hamelin was born at the settlement of Red River in 1811, the son of Jacques Hamelin, who testified under oath in 1817 that he had settled there in 1792. After the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870, Lieutenant-Governor Adams Archibald appointed Salomon Hamelin to the newly-formed Legislative Council. Archibald described him as "a small trader of not much means. His conduct last winter was irreproachable [i.e., in not allying himself with Louis Riel] and his nomination will be acceptable to the Loyal French. He is a man of some intelligence."

He married Isabelle Vandale in 1831. They moved to Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba about 1889. Hamelin died there in 1893 and is buried in the parish cemetery.