Étienne Guy
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Étienne Guy (February 16, 1774 – December 29, 1820) was a surveyor and political figure in
Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colonization of the Americas, British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence established in 1791 and abolished in 1841. It covered the southern portion o ...
. He was born in
Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
in 1774, the son of Pierre Guy, studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël and then spent over a year at the College of New Jersey. In 1796, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of e ...
in Montreal County. Guy qualified to practice as a surveyor in 1798. He also served in the local militia during the
War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States United States declaration of war on the Uni ...
, later becoming lieutenant colonel. He died at Montreal in 1820. His brother, Louis Guy, practiced as a surveyor and notary and was a member of the legislative council. Rue Guy and Guy-Concordia metro station in downtown Montreal are named for Guy.


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guy, Etienne 1774 births 1820 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Politicians from Montreal Princeton University alumni Canadian people of the War of 1812 Canadian surveyors Pre-Confederation Quebec people