Étienne-Théodore Pâquet
| Étienne-Théodore Pâquet | |
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| 2nd Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Lévis | |
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In office 1875–1883 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet |
| Succeeded by | François-Xavier Lemieux |
| Majority | 1875: 157 (4.1%) 1878: 183 (4,31%) 1879: 609 (16,41%) 1881: 59 (1,94%) |
| 7th Provincial Secretary of Quebec | |
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In office 1879–1882 |
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| Prime Minister | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
| Preceded by | Alexandre Chauveau |
| Succeeded by | Jean Blanchet |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 8, 1850 Saint-Nicolas, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | May 26, 1916 (aged 66) Quebec City, Canada |
| Political party | Quebec Conservative |
| Other political affiliations |
Quebec Liberal (originally) |
| Spouse(s) | Emma LaRue |
| Relations | Benjamin and Louis-Honoré Pâquet (uncles), Louis-Adolphe Pâquet (cousin), Auguste LaRue (father-in-law), Eugene Paquet (first cousin) |
| Children | 1 son |
| Profession | Civil law notary |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Étienne-Théodore Pâquet (French pronunciation: [pɑkɛt]; January 8, 1850 – May 26, 1916) was a French-Canadian civil law notary, and provincial politician and civil servant. In 1879, he was one of four Liberal Members of the Legislative Assembly who crossed the floor in the middle of a parliamentary crisis, causing the Joly de Lotbinière government to fall.
Pâquet was born a single child in 1850 in Saint-Nicolas, near Lévis, in what was then Lotbinière County, on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite Quebec City. The Pâquet family was an influential one, with churchmen Benjamin and Louis-Honoré, and theologian Louis-Adolphe Pâquet all important figures of the time. Étienne-Théodore's parents, Étienne-Théodore Sr. and Nathalie Moffat, were farmers and merchants. Étienne-Théodore Sr. was mayor of Saint-Nicolas between 1867 and 1873.
Pâquet studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, then at Fordham University (then St. John's College), before returning to Quebec to complete a Bachelor of Civil Law degree at Université Laval, graduating in 1872 and beginning work as a civil law notary while taking care of the farm. In the 1875 provincial election, he ran as a liberal against Joseph-Goderic Blanchet in the riding of Lévis. Blanchet, a family friend, was nearly twice Pâquet's age, and did not refrain from pointing it out during the campaign, but ultimately lost to the younger man by a wide margin. Pâquet hence became one of only four (at the time) MLAs aged less than 26 at the time of their election.
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