He was born in
Quebec City in 1836, the grandson of
Joseph-François Perrault. He studied at the
Petit Séminaire de Québec, then the
University of Durham and
Royal Agricultural College in
England and the École de Grignon in
France. He attempted to set up agricultural schools on his return to the
Province of Canada in 1857, but did not secure enough students. He also served as secretary for the Bureau of Agriculture and the Board of Agriculture of
Lower Canada and served as editor for the
Journal de l’agriculture et des travaux de la Chambre d’agriculture du Bas-Canada, an agricultural journal produced by the board. In 1863, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for
Richelieu. Perrault opposed
Confederation. He was a member of the Association Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal and served as its president. In 1885, he helped establish the Chambre de Commerce du District de Montréal, a Chamber of Commerce for
Montreal, Quebec. He represented both the Chambre and the federal government at international exhibitions. Perrault was named a chevalier in the French
Legion of Honour. He died at Montreal in 1905 and was buried in the
Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery there. ==External links==