Jean-Baptiste Taché (; June 11, 1786 – August 22, 1849) was a

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and political figure in

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. He represented Cornwallis from 1820 to 1824 and Rimouski from 1834 until the suspension of the constitution in 1838 in the

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. Taché served as a member of the special council that governed Lower Canada from 1839 to 1841 and was a member of the

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from 1841 to 1849. He was born in Saint-Thomas, the son of Charles Taché and Geneviève Michon, and was educated at the

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. Taché apprenticed as a notary, was licensed in 1811 and set up practice in Kamouraska. In 1824, he married Charlotte, the daughter of

John Mure John Mure (ca.1776 – January 17, 1823) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. Biography He was born in Scotland around 1776, probably in Kilmarnock parish, and had arrived in Montreal by 1782. In 1778, he was hired by J ...

. He did not run for re-election to the assembly in 1824. In 1842, he was named registrar for Kamouraska County. Taché died in office at Kamouraska at the age of 63. His uncle

Pascal Taché Pascal Taché, (; b. August 30, 1757 – d. June 5, 1830), was the son of Jean Taché, a successful merchant and trader and the patriarch of the important Taché Canadian family. He was born at the town of Quebec in 1757. In 1785, Pascal m ...

also served in the assembly. His brother Étienne-Paschal and his nephew

Joseph-Charles Taché Joseph-Charles Taché, (; December 24, 1820 – April 16, 1894) was a member of the Taché family, a nephew of Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché. He was a student at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and followed this by a study of medicine, receiving ...

served in the assembly for the Province of Canada; his brother later became one of the Fathers of Confederation.

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1786 births 1849 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Members of the Special Council of Lower Canada Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada