- Lucien Turcotte Pacaud
Lucien Turcotte Pacaud (
September 21 1879 –March 5 1960 ) was aQuebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Mégantic in theCanadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1922 as a Liberal member.He was born in
Trois-Rivières, Quebec in 1879, the son ofErnest Pacaud and the grandson ofJoseph-Édouard Turcotte . He was educated at Bishop's College and theUniversity of Laval . Pacaud was admitted to the bar in 1904 and practiced atQuebec City and then at Thetford Mines. In 1908, he married Helen Elizabeth Buckmall. Pacaud served as police commissioner for the Transcontinental Railway from 1907 to 1911. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs, a non-cabinet post, from 1921 to 1922. He served as Secretary to the CanadianHigh Commissioner atLondon from 1922 to 1931. In 1930, Pacaud served as acting Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom after the death ofPeter Charles Larkin .References
* "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1921", EJ Chambers
External links
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=68071fca-03f2-4f7c-b33c-2ed63bb08327&Language=E Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E&Page=Publications&doc=min/min_12_e.htm 12th Ministry - Privy Council Office]
* [http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/history/hplSearch_results-en.asp?frm=person&lan=1&prsnid=558 Head of Posts list - Canadian Foreign Affairs]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4626 "Les avocats de la région de Québec", PG Roy (1936)]
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