Elzéar Bédard

Elzéar Bédard (24 July 1799 – 11 August 1849) was a lawyer and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.

He then pursued a career in the priesthood but abandoned this and in 1819 articled to become a lawyer which took place in 1824.

He won a by-election in 1832 for Montmorency, a riding left vacant by Philippe Panet.

He aligned himself with Louis-Joseph Papineau's Patriote party program and in 1834 was the member who introduced the Ninety-Two Resolutions, although likely he did not have a significant role in the preparation.

He was the first mayor of Quebec City, (1833–1834), but lost the next election to René-Édouard Caron.