Eugène Paquet Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Eugène Paquet
Office:Senator for Lauzon, Quebec
Appointed:R. B. Bennett
Predecessor:Henri Sévérin Béland
Successor:Léonard Tremblay
Term Start:1935
Term End:1951
Constituency Mp2:L'Islet
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:Onésiphore Carbonneau
Successor2:Fernand Fafard
Term Start2:1904
Term End2:1917
Birth Date:23 October 1867
Birth Place:St-Agapit, Quebec, Canada
Party:Conservative

Eugène Paquet, (23 October 1867  - 8 May 1951) was a Canadian parliamentarian.

Paquet was born in St-Agapit, Quebec, and prior to entering politics studied medicine and practised as a physician. A Conservative, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as Member of Parliament for the Quebec electoral district of L'Islet in the Canadian federal election of 1904, a seat he was to successfully defend in 1908 and 1911. However, he was defeated in the elections of 1921 and 1926. In recognition of his service to the party, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 14 August 1935 on the recommendation of Richard Bennett. He represented the senatorial division of Lauzon, Quebec until his death.