Alexandre Roy (January 14, 1738 – October 28, 1813) was a farmer and political figure in

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...

. He represented Cornwallis in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1804 to 1808. He was born in Kamouraska, the son of Pierre Roy dit Desjardins and Marie-Anne Bouchard. In 1763, he married Josephte Plourde. Roy served as a captain in the militia during the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega ...

. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1808. Roy died in Kamouraska at the age of 75.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Alexandre 1738 births 1813 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada