Horace Chevrier

{{short description|Canadian politician from Manitoba}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Horace Chevrier

| image = HoraceChevrier.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1876|12|15}}

| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario

| death_date = {{death date and age|1935|01|12|1876|12|15}}

| death_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Boniface

| term_start = 1903

| term_end = 1907

}}

Horace Chevrier (December 15, 1876 – January 12, 1935) was a merchant and political figure in Manitoba. He represented St. Boniface from 1903 to 1907 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal.

He was born in Ottawa, the son of Noah Chevrier and Isabelle Johnson, and came to Winnipeg with his parents in 1878. Chevrier was educated there and in St. Boniface. He entered business in his father's store after completing his schooling. In 1895, Chevrier married Margaret Gingras.{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4030028 |title=Manitoba, its resources and people |page=358 |last=Bryce |first=George |year=1906 |accessdate=2012-11-14}} He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1907 and again in 1910 in the Carillon riding.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html#C0 |title=MLA Biographies - Deceased |work=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155427/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html |archivedate=2014-03-30 }} Chevrier married Annie, the daughter of Alexander Kittson,{{cite web |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/chevrier_h.shtml |title=Horace Chevrier (1875-1935) |work=Memorable Manitobans |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society |accessdate=2012-11-14}} in 1907 after the death of his first wife,{{cite web |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4028267 |title=Pioneers and prominent people in Manitoba |page=143 |year=1925 |last=McCrea |first=Walter Jackson |accessdate=2012-11-14}}

He was president of the Retail Merchants’ Association of Canada. Chevrier died at home in Winnipeg after an extended illness.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19350114&id=B1M1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UdoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5256,5067066 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |title=Horace Chevrier Dies In Winnipeg |date=January 14, 1935 |page=2 |accessdate=2012-11-14}}