Charles-Séraphin Rodier (October 6, 1818 – January 26, 1890) was a

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businessman and politician. Born in

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, the son of Jean-Baptiste Rodier and Marie-Desanges Sedillot dit Montreuil, Rodier was the nephew of Charles-Séraphin Rodier, a mayor of Montreal. Rodier would later use the suffix "Jr" to his name to tell himself apart from his uncle. Rodier started working at age fourteen as a carpenter and after as a building contractor. He later started a factory to make agricultural tools for farmers. He used to ask for mortgages in exchange for the equipment, and as a result, he gathered a lot of land in the Montreal region. In 1861, he co-founded the Banque Jacques-Cartier and was a director until 1870. He was also a vice-president from 1870 to 1876. From 1847 to 1850, he was a member of the Montreal City Council for the ward of Saint-Antoine. A supporter of the federal Conservative Party, Rodier was called to the

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for the

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of Mille Isles on the advice of Prime Minister

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in 1888. He served until his death in 1890. He was president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal. In 1869, he help form the 64th Châteauguay and Beauharnois Regiment (Voltigeurs Canadiens of Beauharnois), becoming its first lieutenant-colonel.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodier, Charles 1818 births 1890 deaths Canadian senators from Quebec Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators Montreal city councillors Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 19th-century members of the Senate of Canada