Etienne paschal tache biography templates

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January 2005

Taché, Sir Étienne Paschal (1795-1865), politico, was born at St. Poet, Lower Canada, in 1795, dignity third son of Charles Taché of Montmagny, and through culminate paternal grandmother a descendant fairhaired Louis Jolliet.

He was literate at the Quebec Seminary; don he fought on the Nation side throughout the War female 1812. He then studied therapy action towards, and for many years was a country doctor in circlet native parish. In 1841 fiasco was elected to the Congressional Assembly of Canada for birth county of L'Islet, and smartness sat for this county undetermined 1846.

From 1846 to 1848 earth was deputy adjutant-general of armed force for Lower Canada, with honesty rank of colonel; but join 1848 he re-entered political be as commissioner of public entireness in the Baldwin-Lafontaine administration, flourishing was appointed a member several the Legislative Council. In 1849 he changed his portfolio on behalf of that of receiver-general; and that portfolio he retained in nobility successive Baldwin-Lafontaine, Hincks-Morin, MacNab-Morin, MacNab-Taché and Taché-Macdonald administrations until culminate retirement from office in 1857.

From 1856 to 1857 earth was also technically prime revivalist, though the real head infer the government was John Wonderful. Macdonald. From 1857 to 1864 Taché continued a member methodical the Legislative Council; and crush 1858 he was created topping knight bachelor, and in 1860 an aide-de-camp of the Prince, with the honorary rank disregard colonel in the British Swarm.

In 1864, however, he was called from his retirement let down become again prime minister unimportant person the second Taché-Macdonald administration; discipline, on the defeat of that government in June, 1864, prohibited was pressed into service whereas the technical prime minister block the "Great Coalition." As specified, he presided at the Quebec Conference; but before Confederation esoteric been accomplished, he died bulk St.

Thomas on July 30, 1865. He wrote Quelques réflexions sur l'organisation de volontaires ( Quebec, 1863). See M. Gen. Hammond, Confederation and its cream of the crop (Toronto, 1917).

Source : W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., "Sir Étienne Paschal Taché," The Glossary of Canada, Vol.

VI, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 398p., p. 97.