Bonaventure Panet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Bonaventure Panet
- Bonaventure Panet (July 27, 1765 – March 12, 1846) was a businessman and politician in Lower Canada. He was born in Montreal in 1765, the son of Pierre Panet, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël there.
- In 1786, he married his cousin Marguerite, the daughter of Louis Dunière.
- He set up in business as a merchant at L'Assomption.
- Panet was elected to the 1st Parliament of Lower Canada for Leinster in 1792 and was reelected in 1796.
- His cousin, Jean-Antoine Panet, was elected as the first speaker for the assembly and his brother Pierre-Louis and father-in-law were also members of the legislative assembly.
- Panet was elected again for Leinster in 1809; the assembly was dissolved by Governor James Henry Craig in 1810 and Panet did not run for elected office again.
- He served as captain in the militia during the War of 1812 and was promoted to major in 1818.
- Panet was named justice of the peace for Montreal district in 1821 and was also named to various commissions. He died at L'Assomption in 1846.
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