John Bruce (Canada)

John Bruce (or Brousse; died 26 October 1893) was the first president of the Métis provisional government at the Red River Colony during the Red River Rebellion of 1869.

[1] The son of Pierre Bruce and Marguerite Desrosiers, he was a carpenter by trade.

He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia and served as Superintendent of Public Works for the Provisional Government of Manitoba.

He was recorded as living in St. Joseph Township, Pembina County, North Dakota in 1879–80.

[2] Bruce died in Leroy, North Dakota in 1893 after falling ill the previous year.