Joseph Arthur Paquet

The Hon.
Joseph Arthur Paquet
Senator for La Salle, Quebec
In office
1898–1901
Appointed by Wilfrid Laurier
Preceded by Pierre Antoine Deblois
Succeeded by Joseph Godbout
Personal details
Born (1857-09-05)September 5, 1857
Quebec City, Canada East
Died March 29, 1901(1901-03-29) (aged 43)
Political party Liberal

Joseph-Arthur Paquet (September 5, 1857 March 29, 1901) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He sat for La Salle division in the Senate of Canada from 1898 to 1901.[1]

He was born in Quebec City,[1] the son of Zéphirin Paquet and Marie-Louise Hamel. He worked in the family retail and fur processing business[2] and was given control of the business by his parents in 1898. Paquet died in office three years later at the age of 43, predeceasing his father.[3]

After his death, control of the family business, now known as Compagnie Paquet Limitée, passed to his sister Joséphine, his brother Joseph-Octave and Caroline Monier, the wife of his brother Zéphirin.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Joseph Arthur Paquet – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. Sauriol, Marguerite. "La Compagnie Paquet". Canadian Museum of Civilization. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  3. 1 2 Vallières, Marc (1994). "Zéphirin Paquet". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 2009-08-01.


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