Edward Greive

Edward Greive (1797 – June 2, 1845) was a businessman and political figure in Canada East. He was also the brother-in-law of William Walker and son-in-law of Mathew Bell.

He was a lumber merchant at Trois-Rivières and also acted as an agent there for Mathew Bell.[1] In 1844, he married Catherine, Bell's daughter. Greive served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant in 1825, and later served in a volunteer company of loyalist militia organized by Mathew Bell during the Lower Canada Rebellion. In 1837, with Bell, he purchased parcels of land in Brompton and Durham townships. He was named treasurer for Trois-Rivières district in 1841. Greive was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Trois-Rivières in 1844. He served for a committee that was balloted on January 18th,1845. The committee was made for the county of Lanark.[2]

He died in office at Trois-Rivières in 1845 at the age of 47 or 48 years old.[3]

References
  1. http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Greive_%28Edward%29
  2. Patrick, Alfred (1851). "Digest of "precedents or Decisions" by Select Committees Appointed to Try the Merits of Upper Canada Contested Elections, from 1824 to 1849 Inclusive".
  3. http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/deputes/greive-edward-3525/biographie.html
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles Richard Ogden, Tory		 MLA, District of Trois-Rivières
1844–1845		 Succeeded by
Joseph-Édouard Turcotte, Moderate Reformer


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