Famous People with Name Arsenault

Samantha Arsenault            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samantha Arsenault: is an American swimmer and Olympic champion from Peabody, Massachusetts. She swam on North Shore Swim Team in Massachusetts before qualifying for the Olympics.

Adrien F. Arsenault            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Adrien F. Arsenault: was a lawyer and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 3rd Prince in the Legislative Assembly from 1922 to 1935 as a Conservative. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1922 by-election held after Aubin Edmond Arsenault was named a judge. Arsenault served in the province's Executive Council as a minister without portfolio from 1923 to 1927 and from 1931 to 1935. He died in Summerside at the age of 56.

Nérée Arsenault            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nérée Arsenault: is a Canadian politician and forest engineer. In the 1957 federal election, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Bonaventure representing the Progressive Conservative Party. He did not stand for the next election in 1958.

Bona Arsenault            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bona Arsenault: was a Canadian historian, genealogist and a federal and provincial politician.In the 1931 Quebec provincial elections, he ran unsuccessfully in the riding of Bonaventure and lost again in 1935 in the riding of Gaspé-Sud. Switching to the federal scene, in 1940, he ran as a National Government candidate in the Quebec riding of Bonaventure and was defeated. He was elected as an Independent candidate in the 1945 election. And was re-elected in 1949 and 1953, as a Liberal candidate. He was defeated in 1957.

Joseph-Octave Arsenault            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Octave Arsenault: was a Canadian politician who was the first Acadian from Prince Edward Island to be named to the Canadian Senate. In 1867, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for the riding of 3rd Prince and served for 28 years. In 1895, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Prince Edward Island. He served until his death in Abram-Village in 1897. In 1861, he married Gertrude Gaudet. They had nine children. His son Aubin-Edmond Arsenault was Premier of Prince Edward Island and his son Joseph-Félix Arsenault served in the provincial assembly.