Famous People with Name Pacaud

Lucien Turcotte Pacaud            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lucien Turcotte Pacaud: was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Mégantic in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1922 as a Liberal member. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs, a non-cabinet post, from 1921 to 1922. He served as Secretary to the Canadian High Commissioner at London from 1922 to 1931. In 1930, Pacaud served as acting Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom after the death of Peter Charles Larkin.

Édouard-Louis Pacaud            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Édouard-Louis Pacaud: was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Kennebec division in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1887 to 1889. Pacaud ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Legislative Assembly for the Province of Canada in Mégantic in an 1850 by-election and in Nicolet in 1851. His platform included the abolition of the Legislative Council and the abolition of seigneurial tenure. In 1858, he partnered with Louis-Adélard Senécal and Sévère Dumoulin in the Compagnie de Navigation de Trois-Rivières. He was named to the Legislative Council in 1887 and died in office at Arthabaska in 1889.

Gaspard Pacaud            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gaspard Pacaud: was an Ontario journalist and political figure. He represented Essex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal member. In 1890, Pacaud married Annie F. McEwan. He was defeated by Solomon White when he ran for reelection in 1890, after the Liberal vote was split between Pacaud and Francis Cleary, the candidate chosen by the riding association. Following his defeat, he became a notary public, also continuing as newspaper editor until he was appointed license inspector for hotels for the region in 1892. Le Progrès continued to be published until 1902. Pacaud died in Windsor in 1928.