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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 Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of ...
and also acted as an agent there for Mathew Bell. 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
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. 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 18,1845. The committee was made for the county of
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. He died in office at Trois-Rivières in 1845 at the age of 47 or 48 years old.


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''Les députés de la région des Trois-Rivières'', FJ Audet (1934)
1797 births 1845 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East {{Quebec-politician-stub