Sévère Rivard

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

Mayor

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
Spouse(s)Delphine Choquette (m. 1863)
ProfessionLawyer

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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