10th Montreal Mayor. He served in that position from 1858 to 1862. Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, to Jean-Baptiste Rodier and his wife, Julie Catherine Le Jeune, he attended the prestigious Sulpician College of Montréal from 1809 to 1810. After graduating, he worked as a merchant. He was one of the first merchants to run a dry goods shop in the newly incorporated city of Montreal. He retired from that business in 1836. He then entered municipal politics and served as a Member of the Montreal City Council from 1833 to 1836, and 1840 to 1843. He also served as a Justice of the Peace in 1837 and was the Harbour Commissioner from 1840 to 1850. In 1841, he studied law in Montreal under Alexander Buchanan and Samuel Cornwallis Monk and passed the bar that same year, but he never practiced. In 1858, he was elected the 10th Mayor of Montreal, succeeding Henry Starnes. He was reelected in 1859, 1860, and again in 1861. As mayor, he helped to improve the city's financial position, the building of new docks, the installation of a public transportation system in 1861, and the opening of the famous Crystal Palace. In 1860, he greeted the Prince of Wales at the inauguration of the Victoria Bridge. He was also very concerned about the well-being of Montrealers, and he personally intervened at the time of the heavy flood of April 1861. He himself distributed food for the stranded from a skiff. He left the office of mayor following his term in office in 1862. He was succeeded as mayor by Jean-Louis Beaudry. In 1867, he was appointed to the Legislature Council of Quebec for the division of Lorimer. He served in that post until 1876. A lifelong member of the militia, he was commissioned ensign and acting quartermaster of the Montreal 2nd Battalion in 1821, In 1828, he was promoted to Lieutenant, Captain in 1831, Major in 1847, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 7th Montreal Battalion in 1862. In his later years, he became involved with religious charities. In 1868, he donated part of a building to the Grey Nuns for an orphanage. In 1872 and 1873, he helped them improve the building by making it larger. He also helped the Sulpicians and the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. He passed away in Montreal in 1876 at the age of 79. His nephew, Charles-Séraphin Rodier, was a member of the Canadian Senate.