Denis Viger (June 6, 1741 – June 16, 1805) was a carpenter, businessman, and politician in

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colonization of the Americas, British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence established in 1791 and abolished in 1841. It covered the southern portion o ...

. He was born in

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in 1741, the son of a shoemaker. He worked as a carpenter and also carved wooden objects for the church in Saint-Denis. In 1772, he married Périne-Charles, the daughter of François-Pierre Cherrier, a notary. Viger then worked for the Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal and was also involved in the sale and export of

potash Potash ( ) includes various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water- soluble form.

. In 1796, he was elected to the

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of e ...

in Montreal East as a supporter of the

Parti canadien The () or () was a primarily francophone political party in what is now Quebec founded by members of the liberal elite of Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century. Its members were made up of liberal professionals and small-scale ...

. He died in Montreal in 1805. His son Denis-Benjamin later played an important role in the politics of the province. His nephew, Jacques Viger, was the first mayor of Montreal, and his nephew Louis-Michel Viger became a lawyer and served in the Legislative Assembly.

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* * * 1741 births 1805 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Papineau–Viger–Cherrier family Pre-Confederation Quebec people {{Quebec-MNA-stub