Anselme-Homère Pâquet (29 September 1830 – 22 December 1891) was a
Canadian
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physician
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,
professor
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and
parliamentarian. He served three terms as a
Liberal
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Member of Parliament
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in the
House of Commons of Canada representing the
Quebec
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riding of
Berthier.
He was born Michel-Anselme Pâquet in
Saint-Cuthbert,
Lower Canada
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in 1830. He studied at the
Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery
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, qualified as a physician in 1853 and opened a practice in Saint-Cuthbert. By 1854, he had adopted the name Anselme-Homère. He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1863 for
Berthier and served until
Confederation
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. He opposed confederation. He was elected in the
Canadian federal election of 1867, and was re-elected in
1872
Events
January–March
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and
1874. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons to accept an appointment to the
Senate of Canada on 9 February 1875 on the recommendation of
Alexander Mackenzie. He served in this capacity, representing the senatorial division of
De la Vallière, Quebec, until his death in 1891. Pâquet also taught clinical medicine at the
Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
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and hygiene and public health at the Montreal School of Medicine.
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1830 births
1891 deaths
Physicians from Quebec
Canadian senators from Quebec
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Liberal Party of Canada senators
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East
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