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About Jean-Olivier Arcand
- Jean-Olivier Arcand (July 22, 1793 – November 14, 1875) was a land surveyor and political figure in Lower Canada.
- He represented Hampshire in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1822 to 1824. He was born in Deschambault, the son of Joseph Arcand dit Boulard and Marie-Louise Delisle, and was educated at the SĂ©minaire de Nicolet.
- He served as an officer in the militia during the War of 1812.
- Arcand received his commission as a surveyor in 1821 and settled in Yamaska.
- He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1824.
- In 1824, Arcand married Marguerite PĂ©lissier, whose sister married Marie-Joseph Godefroy de Tonnancour.
- In 1835, he became attorney for seigneur Aignan-Aimé Massue.
- Arcand took part in the protests held in Lower Canada from 1837 to 1838 and was imprisoned in Montreal in March 1838; he was freed under a general amnesty in July of that same year.
- Prior to 1837, he had been named commissioner for the trial of minor causes, but he was stripped of that position following his arrest.
- From 1844 to 1852, he served as registrar for Yamaska County.
- Arcand died in Yamaska at the age of 82. His daughter Marie-Christine married Alexandre Bareil, dit Lajoie.
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