Sévère Rivard

The Honourable
Sévère Rivard
17th Mayor of Montreal
In office
1879–1881
Preceded byJean-Louis Beaudry
Succeeded byJean-Louis Beaudry
ConstituencySaint-Jacques
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Alma
In office
1886–1888
Preceded byJean-Louis Beaudry
Succeeded byLouis Tourville
Personal details
Born7 August 1834
Yamachiche, Quebec, Lower Canada
Died4 February 1888(1888-02-04) (aged 53)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
SpouseDelphine Choquette (m. 1863)
ProfessionLawyer

Sévère-Dominique Rivard (7 August 1834 – 4 February 1888) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1879 and 1881.

After an education at the Séminaire de Nicolet, Rivard apprenticed in law under Rodolphe Laflamme and Edmund Barnard, formally becoming a lawyer in 1859.

In 1870, Rivard was elected to city council at the Saint-Jacques ward and was re-elected to council in 1873. Between 1870 and 1877 he also served as a member of the city's Roman Catholic Board of School Commissioners. Rivard campaigned for mayor in 1879, defeating the allegedly undefeatable incumbent Jean-Louis Beaudry by a 290-vote margin. He ran unopposed in the 1880 election and enjoyed a second term as Mayor.

He was a member of the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1886 until his death.

Rivard died on 4 February 1888 after sustaining a case of "paralysis". He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1]

References

  1. ^ Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.

Further reading

  • Trepanier, Leon (1956). Figures de maires: Severe-Dominique Rivard. Montreal: Editions des dix.

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