Jean-Antoine Panet (June 8, 1751 – May 17, 1815) was a
notary
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A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...
, lawyer, judge,
seigneur
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and political figure in
Lower Canada
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.
He was born in
Quebec
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in 1751, the son of
Jean-Claude Panet
Jean-Claude Panet, (December 1719? – February 28, 1778) was from Paris, France and came to Canada at 20 years of age as a soldier in the colonial regular troops. He arrived on a ship which was struck by an epidemic and many passengers and crew, i ...
. He served in the militia defending the town of Quebec during the
American Revolution
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and he later attained the rank of
Lieutenant-colonel
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in the militia. Panet entered practice as a notary in 1772, but also began to practice as a lawyer the following year. He became seigneur of Bourg-Louis in 1777. In 1779, he married Louise-Philippe, daughter of
Philippe-Louis-François Badelard Philippe-Louis-François Badelard (25 May 1728 – 7 February 1802) was an army officer and surgeon from France.
Biography
He came to Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, in 1757. He was the surgeon-major to the troops there and they left that year fo ...
. Like others in the province, Panet lobbied for a legislative assembly. In 1792, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
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for the Upper Town of Quebec; he was elected as the first speaker for the assembly. In 1794, he was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas and resigned his post as speaker at that time. Panet was also named a judge of the Court of King's Bench for the District of Montreal, but refused this second appointment. He was reelected to the assembly for the Upper Town in 1796, 1800, 1804 and later in 1814. In 1808, he was elected for Huntingdon; he was reelected there in 1809 and 1810. He was elected speaker again in 1797, serving until 1815, when he resigned due to poor health. In 1815, he resigned his seat in the legislative assembly to accept a nomination to the
Legislative Council.
He died in office at Quebec in 1815. In 1823 the government awarded his widow an annual pension.
His son
Philippe also served in the legislative assembly. His son
Louis Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis ( ...
served in the Senate of Canada. His brother
Bernard Claude was archbishop of
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
and his brother
Jacques
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
was a parish priest of
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours.
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1751 births
1815 deaths
Politicians from Quebec City
French Canadians in the American Revolution
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Members of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada
Canadian notaries
Lower Canada judges
18th-century Canadian politicians
19th-century Canadian politicians