Édouard-Étienne Rodier (December 26, 1804 – February 5, 1840) was a lawyer and political figure in
Lower Canada.
He was born Étienne-Édouard Rodier in
Montreal in 1804, the son of a Montreal merchant, and studied at the
Petit Séminaire de Montréal
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. He studied law with Hippolyte Saint-Georges Dupré and then Dominique-Benjamin Rollin; Rodier was called to the bar in 1827 and set up practice at Montreal. In 1826, he had married Julie-Victoire Dumont, the daughter of a
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; she died in 1829. In 1831, he married Elise, the daughter of
Benjamin Beaupré, a merchant at
L'Assomption
L'Assomption () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption. It is located on the outer fringes of the Montreal urban area.
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. Rodier moved to L'Assomption; he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for that region in an 1832 by-election held after
Barthélemy Joliette was appointed to the legislative council. Rodier was reelected in 1834. As a radical member of the
parti patriote, he supported an elected legislative council, the creation of a French Canadian republic, the end of
seigneurial tenure and ending trade with
Great Britain. Rodier voted in support of the
Ninety-Two Resolutions.
He gave speeches in 1837 that encouraged armed revolt and was a leader in the Fils de la Liberté. After a riot in Montreal, a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was wounded in a clash in December and was brought to
Swanton, Vermont. He took part in the preparation of a
declaration of independence for Lower Canada in February 1838.
In October 1838, he returned his family and law practice in L'Assomption. He was branded by the remaining Patriotes as a traitor. He died at Montreal in 1840.
His cousin
Charles-Séraphin Rodier later served as mayor of Montreal.
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1804 births
1840 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada