Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury

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Lieutenant Colonel Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury (28 October 1798 – 15 September 1862) was a soldier, lawyer, politician and newspaper founder.

Born in present-day Sorel, Quebec, Sabrevois de Bleury was noted for his support of the Parti patriote of Louis-Joseph Papineau, but was alarmed by the "all or nothing" strategy of the party, which made an armed rebellion seem likely. Consequently, Sabrevois de Bleury began taking a more moderate stance, something that drew the ire of the more hard-line patriotes. He fought two duels in 1836, one against a newspaper owner, and the other against a fellow Patriote representative, both of whom questioned the honour of his stance. This only served to firmly push him over to the government camp, and he continued to support the government during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837. Following the dissolution of parliament in 1838, Sabrevois de Bleury served as an alderman for Montreal from 1839 until late 1844, when he was again elected to the legislature. Again, he supported the government on most issues, though he also opposed them on some. He did not run in the 1847/48 elections, and a crushing loss in the 1854 elections (he did not receive a single vote) marked the end of his political career. Eight years later, he died in Laval, Quebec.