Edward Greive (1797 – June 2, 1845) was a businessman and political figure in

Canada East Canada East () was the northeastern portion of the Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of ...

. He was also the brother-in-law of William Walker and son-in-law of Mathew Bell. He was a lumber merchant at

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

and also acted as an agent there for Mathew Bell. In 1844, he married Catherine, Bell's daughter. Greive served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant in 1825, and later served in a volunteer company of loyalist militia organized by Mathew Bell during the

Lower Canada Rebellion The Lower Canada Rebellion (), commonly referred to as the Patriots' Rebellion () in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the colonial government of Lower Canada (now southern Quebec). Together wit ...

. In 1837, with Bell, he purchased parcels of land in Brompton and Durham townships. He was named treasurer for Trois-Rivières district in 1841. Greive was elected to the

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the Parliament of the Province of Canada. The Province of Canada consisted of the former province of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East (now Quebec), and Upper Canada ...

for Trois-Rivières in 1844. He served for a committee that was balloted on January 18,1845. The committee was made for the county of

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. He died in office at Trois-Rivières in 1845 at the age of 47 or 48 years old.

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''Les députés de la région des Trois-Rivières'', FJ Audet (1934)
1797 births 1845 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Businesspeople from Quebec {{Quebec-politician-stub