Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière

Who was Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière?

Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière was a Canadian politician and journalist.

Born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Abraham C. Larivière and Adelaide Marcil, he was educated at the Collège Saint-Marie and the Montreal School of Military Instruction there. In 1867, he married Marie Melvina Bourdeau. Larivière served in the militia in both Quebec and Manitoba. He was president of the Quebec Board of Arts and Manufactures. Larivière served in the Dominion Lands Office at Winnipeg from 1871 to 1875. He was a special correspondent for La Minerve in Montreal and later became chief editor for Le Manitoba. In 1874, he was named a justice of the peace for Selkirk County.

Larivière ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Manitoba assembly in 1874. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1878 to 1888 and served as Provincial Secretary, Minister of Agriculture, Provincial Treasurer, and Provincial Lands Commissioner. In an 1889 by-election held after Joseph Royal was named lieutenant-governor for the Northwest Territories, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Provencher. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891, 1896, and 1900.