Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski

Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski coats of arms Krzywda (November 21, 1816 – August 4, 1870) was a civil engineer and political figure in Canada East.

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.

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 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.