Joseph Arthur Paquet
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Joseph-Arthur Paquet was a merchant and political figure in Quebec
. He sat for La Salle division in the Senate of Canada from 1898 to 1901.
He was born in Quebec City
, the son of Zéphirin Paquet and Marie-Louise Hamel. He worked in the family retail and fur processing business 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.
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.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. He sat for La Salle division in the Senate of Canada from 1898 to 1901.
He was born in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, the son of Zéphirin Paquet and Marie-Louise Hamel. He worked in the family retail and fur processing business 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.
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.