Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Anselme-Homère Pâquet (29 September 1830 – 22 December 1891) was a Canadian physician, professor and parliamentarian. He served three terms as a Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Berthier.He was born Michel-Anselme Pâquet in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada in 1830. He studied at the Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery, qualified as a physician in 1853 and opened a practice in Saint-Cuthbert. By 1854, he had adopted the name Anselme-Homère. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1863 for Berthier and served until Confederation. He opposed confederation. He was elected in the Canadian federal election of 1867, and was re-elected in 1872 and 1874. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons to accept an appointment to the Canadian Senate on 9 February 1875 on the recommendation of Alexander Mackenzie. He served in this capacity, representing the senatorial division of De la Vallière, Quebec, until his death in 1891. Pâquet also taught clinical medicine at the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal and hygiene and public health at the Montreal School of Medicine.. }
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- Anselme-Homère_Pâquet abstract "Anselme-Homère Pâquet (29 September 1830 – 22 December 1891) was a Canadian physician, professor and parliamentarian. He served three terms as a Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Berthier.He was born Michel-Anselme Pâquet in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada in 1830. He studied at the Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery, qualified as a physician in 1853 and opened a practice in Saint-Cuthbert. By 1854, he had adopted the name Anselme-Homère. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1863 for Berthier and served until Confederation. He opposed confederation. He was elected in the Canadian federal election of 1867, and was re-elected in 1872 and 1874. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons to accept an appointment to the Canadian Senate on 9 February 1875 on the recommendation of Alexander Mackenzie. He served in this capacity, representing the senatorial division of De la Vallière, Quebec, until his death in 1891. Pâquet also taught clinical medicine at the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal and hygiene and public health at the Montreal School of Medicine.".