Etienne paschal tache biography

TACHÉ, Sir ETIENNE PASCAL (1795–1865), premier of Canada, born at St. Thomas on 5 Sept, 1795, was third son of Charles Taché.

Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché was a Canadian medical doctor, politician, and Father of Confederation.!

Étienne-Paschal Taché

Province of Canada politician and premier

Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (5 September 1795 – 30 July 1865) was a Canadian medical doctor, politician, and Father of Confederation.

His family had a long history in New France, but suffered serious financial reverses due to the Seven Years' War and the siege of Quebec. He was considered a self-made man, who became a physician, a militia soldier, and a politician.

Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (5 September 1795 – 30 July 1865) was a Canadian medical doctor, politician, and Father of Confederation.

The oldest of the Fathers of Confederation, Taché entered a long career as a politician after decades of practising medicine.

Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché was a Canadian medical doctor, politician, and Father of Confederation.

TACHÉ, Sir ÉTIENNE-PASCHAL, doctor, politician, and deputy adjutant-general of the militia; b.

Politician, soldier, and physician, Étienne Paschal Taché was born at Montmagny.

He served twice as joint premier of the Province of Canada.

Taché was a strong supporter of the Confederation of the British North American provinces, and the maintenance of the British connection. From June 1864, he was the formal head of the Great Coalition which pushed for Confederation, containing John A.

Macdonald, George-Étienne Cartier and George Brown, but he died in office in 1865, two years before Confederation and the creation of Canada.

Early life and family

Taché was born in St.

Thomas, Lower Canada (now Montmagny, Quebec) in 1