Sévère Rivard

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Mayor Sévère Rivard
17th Mayor of Montreal
In office 1879–1881
Preceded by	Jean-Louis Beaudry
Succeeded by	Jean-Louis Beaudry
Constituency	Saint-Jacques
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Alma
In office 1886–1888
Preceded by	Jean-Louis Beaudry
Succeeded by	Louis Tourville
Personal details
Born	7 August 1834 Yamachiche, Quebec, Lower Canada
Died	4 February 1888(1888-02-04) (aged 53) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Spouse(s)	Delphine Choquette (m. 1863)
Profession	Lawyer

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 , 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[]

Further reading[]

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

External links[]

• "Sévère Rivard". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• Sévère Rivard at City of Montreal

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