Charles-Séraphin Rodier Jr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Charles-Séraphin Rodier Jr
- Charles-Séraphin Rodier (October 6, 1818 – January 26, 1890) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, 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 demand mortgages in return for the tools and as a result accumulated a large amount of land in the Montreal area. 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 supported of the federal Conservative Party, Rodier was called to the Senate of Canada for the senatorial division of Mille Isles on the advice of Prime Minister John A.
- Macdonald 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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