Charles Panet (October 6, 1797 – October 15, 1877) was a

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and

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. He represented Quebec County in the

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from 1858 to 1861. He was born in

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, the son of

Jean-Antoine Panet Jean-Antoine Panet (; June 8, 1751 – May 17, 1815) was a notary, lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Quebec in 1751, the son of Jean-Claude Panet. He served in the militia defending the town of Qu ...

and Louise-Philippe Badelart, the daughter of

Philippe-Louis-François Badelard Philippe-Louis-François Badelard (25 May 1728 – 7 February 1802) was an army officer and surgeon from France. Biography He came to Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, in 1757. He was the surgeon-major to the troops there and they left that year for ...

. He was admitted to the Lower Canada bar in 1822 and set up practice in Quebec City. He was

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for Quebec district from 1831 to 1839. In 1855, he was named

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. In 1845, he married Frances O'Donnell. Panet served as lieutenant-colonel in the militia. In 1862, he was named curator for the judicial archives for Quebec district. He died in Quebec City at the age of 80. His brother Phillippe served in the legislative assembly for Lower Canada and his brother

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served in the Canadian senate.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Panet, Charles Politicians from Quebec City Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East 1797 births 1877 deaths Canadian King's Counsel Canadian coroners