Elzéar Bédard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elzéar Bédard

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1799

Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 11-Aug-1849

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Elzéar Bédard (24 July 1799 – 11 August 1849) was a lawyer and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.
He later became a judge. He was born at Quebec City in 1799, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard.
Bédard received a typical education for the time which he completed in 1818.
He then pursued a career in the priesthood but abandoned this and in 1819 articled to become a lawyer which took place in 1824.
By 1830, he was involved in provincial politics and ran unsuccessfully in Kamouraska.
He won a by-election in 1832 for Montmorency, a riding left vacant by Philippe Panet.
He aligned himself with Louis-Joseph Papineau's Patriote party program and in 1834 was the member who introduced the Ninety-Two Resolutions, although likely he did not have a significant role in the preparation. He was the first mayor of Quebec City, (1833–1834), but lost the next election to René-Édouard Caron.
A close friend and supporter of Lord Gosford, he was appointed a judge of the Court of King's Bench in 1836, an appointment that was called bribery by his radical adversaries in the Patriote party. Bédard was a political moderate at a time when a more extreme outlook was held by most politicians and this stance brought him some adversity and misfortune during his political life.



Alternative names	Antoine-Sébastien Plamondon; Antoine Sébastien Plamondon; Antoine-Sebastien Plamondon; Antoine Sebastien Plamondon
Description	Canadian portrait painter
Date of birth/death	29 February 1804	4 September 1895
Location of birth/death	L'Ancienne-Lorette	Neuville
Work location	Quebec
Authority control	: Q2856626 VIAF: 37808257 ISNI: 0000 0001 1622 7910 ULAN: 500027327 LCCN: no2013124344 GND: 122763939 WorldCat