Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski coats of arms Krzywda (November 21, 1816 – August 4, 1870) was a civil engineer and political figure in Canada East.
Life
He was born as Aleksander Edward Kierzkowski in the Grand Duchy of Poznań (now in Poland) and joined the Polish Army as an officer in an unsuccessful campaign against the Russians in 1830 to 1831. He was the son of the Jakub Filip Kierzkowski polish nobleman and officer and Marianna Garnysz. He moved to France and received a diploma as a civil engineer in Paris. In 1839 he invented the shower cabin. He arrived in Canada in 1842. In 1845, he married Louise-Amélie Debartzch, daughter of Pierre-Dominique Debartzch, and, by marriage, became seigneur of parts of Saint-François-le-Neuf, Cournoyer, Debartzch, and L'Assomption. He became justice of the peace and was appointed major in the Richilieu militia in 1855.
In 1858, he was elected to the Legislative Council for the Montarville division, but he was disqualified in 1861 because the value of the property that he owned was not judged to be adequate. In 1861, he was elected to the 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing Verchères; his election was declared invalid in 1863. In 1868, after the death of his first wife, he married Caroline-Virginie, his wife's cousin and the daughter of François-Roch de Saint-Ours. In 1867, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing St. Hyacinthe; he died while still in office at Saint-Ours, Quebec in 1870. He is believed to have returned from a trip to his native country with some Polish soil that was later buried with him.
Electoral record
| 1867 Canadian federal election: St. Hyacinthe Bagot | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski | 1,107 | ||||||
| Unknown | Rémi Raymond | 929 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database | ||||||||
References
- "Wystawa Wynalazcy Wielkiej Emigracji by fomt8 - Issuu". issuu.com. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- "Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski fonds, Library and Archives Canada.
- Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski – Parliament of Canada biography
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| Preceded byNone | Member of Parliament from St. Hyacinthe 1867–1870 |
Succeeded byLouis Delorme |
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- 1816 births
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- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East
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