Etienne-Paschal Taché
Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (born September 5, 1795 in Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny , Lower Canada , † July 30, 1865 ibid) was a Canadian politician and doctor . He was Prime Minister of the Province of Canada from 1855 to 1857 and from 1864 to 1865 . As one of the fathers of the Confederation , he was one of the pioneers of the Canadian state founded in 1867.
biography
Taché graduated from the Québec seminary but dropped out when the British-American War began in 1812 and volunteered for service in the fifth battalion of the militia . He rose to lieutenant and was involved in the Battle of Châteauguay and the Battle of Plattsburgh . During his time off duty he began to study medicine, which he continued after the war; for this purpose he lived temporarily in Philadelphia . He received his license to practice medicine in 1819, after which he opened a practice in Montmagny. Taché worked as a doctor for the next two decades.
Taché's political career began in 1841 when he ran in the first election for the Lower House of Canada and won in the L'Islet constituency . At first he was a backbencher and supported the reformers who sought self-administration of the colony. In 1846 he was commissioned by the government to reorganize the militia in Lower Canada. From March 1848 Taché was represented in all governments of the province of Canada and held the following offices: Minister for state building projects until November 1849, Treasurer until May 1856, Speaker of the House of Commons until November 1857 . From January 27, 1855 he served as Co-Prime Minister.
Tired of political events, Taché resigned from the government on November 26, 1857, but remained a member of parliament. On November 13, 1858 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor ("Sir"). After a government crisis, Governor General Lord Monck commissioned him to form a new government. Taché then took office on May 30, 1864 and he managed to form a grand coalition whose common goal was to create a federal state in British North America . He presided over the Québec Conference in October 1864 and then convinced the House of Lords to approve the "72 resolutions" passed there. Half a year later he died in office.
literature
- Yves Hébert: Étienne-Paschal Taché, 1795-1865. Le militaire, le médecin et l'homme politique . Les Éditions GID, Québec 2006, ISBN 2-922668-83-5 .
Web links
- Etienne-Paschal Taché . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
- Short biography from Library and Archives Canada
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 353.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taché, Étienne-Paschal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1865 |
| Place of death | Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny |