Sévère Rivard

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Sévère Rivard

Sévère Rivard (born August 7, 1834 in Yamachiche , Lower Canada , † February 4, 1888 in Montreal ) was a French Canadian . He worked as a politician and entrepreneur and was mayor of Montreal from 1879 to 1881.

biography

The son of a peasant family received his secondary education at the high school in Nicolet . He then studied law in the law firm of the politician Rodolphe Laflamme (at that time there was no law faculty in the province of Québec ). In 1859 he was admitted as a lawyer and opened in Montreal with a partner own law firm. In 1867 he organized a fundraising campaign to send Canadian Zouaves to Rome to defend the papacy ; for his services he received the Order of Pius seven years later . In the early 1870s, Rivard made a large fortune through property speculation. He was also involved in a wool mill in his native city and an organ manufacture in Montreal. In 1883 he was one of the co-founders of the Citizens' Gas Company of Montreal .

In 1870 Rivard was elected to represent the constituency of Saint-Jacques on the Montreal City Council and took over the chairmanship of the city's lighting commission the following year. As a member of a special commission, he also supervised the construction of the new town hall . In 1879 he ran for mayoral elections, challenged the controversial incumbent Jean-Louis Beaudry and beat him by 290 votes. In 1880 he was re-elected by acclamation. Rivard's tenure was marked by efforts to put the city's finances back on a secure footing after completing numerous major projects. In 1881 he did not seek re-election and resigned. From October 1886 until his death he was a member of the Legislative Council of Québec .

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SURNAME Rivard, Sévère
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Yamachiche , Lower Canada
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1888
Place of death Montreal