predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
district created peter mackenzie 4 may 1912 saint-roch , quebec city , lower canada richmond , quebec conservative member of the legislative assembly of quebec for richmond 23 october 1835 1890 joseph bédard.png joseph bédard
 1900 joseph bédard
joseph bédard

joseph bédard -lrb- october 23 , 1835 -- may 4 , 1912 -rrb- was a merchant and political figure in quebec .
he represented richmond in the legislative assembly of quebec from 1890 to 1900 as a conservative .
he was born in saint-roch , lower canada , the son of joseph bédard and louise l'heureux .
bédard was a lumber merchant , mill owner and general merchant .
he was a founder and president of the richmond saint-jean-baptiste society .
in 1860 , he married mary mcgovern .
he served 40 years on the municipal council for richmond and was mayor from 1888 to 1890 .
carrier also served on the school board .
his election in 1890 was overturned in 1892 after an appeal but he was elected again in 1892 .
bédard was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1900 .
he died in richmond at the age of 76 .
