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Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (5 September 1795 – 30 July 1865) was a Canadian medical doctor, politician, and Father of Confederation. His family had a long history in New France, but suffered serious financial reverses due to the Seven Years' War and the siege of Quebec.
Jan 20, 2008 · Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché, politician, doctor (born 5 September 1795 in Saint-Thomas [Montmagny], Lower Canada; died 30 July 1865 in Montmagny, Canada East). The oldest of the Fathers of Confederation, Taché entered a long career as a politician after decades of practising medicine.
TACHÉ, Sir ÉTIENNE-PASCHAL, doctor, politician, and deputy adjutant-general of the militia; b. 5 Sept. 1795 at Saint-Thomas (Montmagny, Que.), son of Charles Taché and Geneviève Michon; d. 30 July 1865 in the town of his birth.
- Andrée Désilets
- TACHÉ, Sir ÉTIENNE-PASCHAL
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9
Father of Confederation. Taché, Sir Étienne Paschal (1795-1865), statesman, was born at St. Thomas, Lower Canada, in 1795, the third son of Charles Taché of Montmagny, and through his paternal grandmother a descendant of Louis Jolliet.
Étienne-Paschal Taché, né le 5 septembre 1795 à Montmagny et mort dans la même ville le 30 juillet 1865, est un médecin et un homme politique canadien-français. Il est premier ministre du Canada-Uni de 1855 à 1857 puis de 1864 à 1865, ainsi qu'un des pères de la Confédération canadienne.
Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (5 September 1795 – 30 July 1865) was a Canadian medical doctor, politician, and Father of Confederation. His family had a long history in New France, but suffered serious financial reverses due to the Seven Years' War and the siege of Quebec.
Sir Étienne Paschal Taché (ātyĕn´ päskäl´ täshā´), 1795–1865, Canadian statesman, b. Quebec prov. He fought with the British in the War of 1812 and then became a doctor. He entered (1848) cabinet-level politics as commissioner of public works in the Baldwin–La Fontaine administration.