Étienne Nivard Saint-Dizier (; ca 1766 – May 16, 1820) was a merchant and political figure in Lower

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. He represented Montreal West in the

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from 1810 to 1814. He was born in

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, the son of Étienne Nivard Saint-Dizier and Anne-Amable Vallé. In 1789, he married Marie-Anne Magnan. After 1796, he was involved in Montreal's municipal administration. Nivard Saint-Dizier was named a justice of the peace in 1806. He also served in the militia, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel in command of Pointe-Claire division and serving in that capacity during the

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. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1814. Nivard Saint-Dizier died in Montreal. Religious

His former home, which had earlier been owned by the nuns of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame and then later by Étienne Nivard Saint-Dizier, father and son, is now designated as a historic building by the city of Montreal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nivard Saint-Dizier, Etienne 1820 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Year of birth uncertain 18th-century Canadian merchants 19th-century Canadian merchants Politicians from Montreal