Sévère Rivard Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Sévère Rivard
Order:17th Mayor of Montreal
Term Start:1879
Term End:1881
Predecessor:Jean-Louis Beaudry
Successor:Jean-Louis Beaudry
Office2:Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Alma
Predecessor2:Jean-Louis Beaudry
Successor2:Louis Tourville
Term Start2:1886
Term End2:1888
Birth Date:7 August 1834
Birth Place:Yamachiche, Quebec, Lower Canada
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Constituency:Saint-Jacques
Spouse: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 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]

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  1. Book: Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société. Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery. Montreal. fr.