François-Xavier Paré was a political figure in Lower Canada

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. He represented Hertford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1820 to 1824.

He was born in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud

Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec

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, the son of Louis Paré and Hélène Bossé. Paré served as an officer in the militia during the War of 1812

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and later reached the rank of captain in the Chasseurs Canadiens. In 1817, he married Rose-Angèle Lappare. Paré did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1824. He died in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud at the age of 43.