=Bédard, Pierre Stanislas= (1762-1829). Educated at the Seminary of Quebec; studied law, and appointed advocate, 1790. Elected for Northumberland to the first Legislature of Lower Canada, 1792. In 1806, with a number of other French-Canadians in the Assembly, founded _Le Canadien_, to represent the views of the popular party. In 1810 the paper seized, and Bédard and his associates arrested on a charge of treasonable practices. Released the following year. In 1812 appointed judge of the District Court of Three Rivers. Retired in 1829 on account of ill health. =Index=: =P= Leader of French-Canadians in Lower Canada Assembly, 27; opposes property tax, 27; establishes _Le Canadien_, 28; considered by Sir James Craig a dangerous revolutionist, 28; sent to jail, 29; released and charges withdrawn, 29; moves resolution as to ministerial responsibility, 96. =C= Claims liberty of the press, 95; sent to jail, 95; released, 96; asks for ministerial responsibility, 96. =Bk= Arrested, 127; demands trial, 128; released, 145. =Bib.=: Parent, _Pierre Bédard et Ses Deux Fils_ in _Journal d'Instruction Publique, 1859_; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_; De Gaspe, _Memoires_; Dionne, _Pierre Bédard et Ses Fils_; Dionne, _Pierre Bédard et Son Temps_ (R. S. C., 1898). =Bedard, Dr. William=. =T= Life-long friend of Sir Leonard Tilley, 145. =Beer, Henry= (1835-1886). Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Elected to the Assembly, 1870; a member of the ministry, 1872; Speaker of the Assembly, 1877; mayor of Charlottetown, 1885-1886. =Begbie, Sir Matthew Baillie= (1819-1894). Educated at Cambridge; and called to the English bar in 1844. Judge of the colony of British Columbia and judge of the Vice-admiralty Court, 1858-1870. Chief-justice of British Columbia, 1870-1894, and also judge of the Admiralty district of British Columbia, 1891-1894. Knighted, 1875. =Index=: =D= First judge in British Columbia--arrives November, 1858, 239; born in Edinburgh, 1819, 239; succeeds to chief-justiceship of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, 239; his services to the colony, 239; his notable journey, 1859, to Upper Fraser, 254; his character, 255. =Bib.=: Begg, _History of British Columbia_; Nicolls, _Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie_. =Begon, Michel, Sieur de la Picardière= (1674-1740). Filled the office of inspector-general of marines, in France, 1707-1710. In the latter year appointed intendant of Canada, but did not arrive in Quebec until 1712. Returned to France, 1726, and for some years acted as intendant of justice in Normandy. =Bib=.: Roy, _Intendants de la Nouvelle-France_ (R. S. C., 1903).