Joseph-Octave Arsenault (August 5, 1828 – December 14, 1897) was a Canadian politician who was the first Acadian from Prince Edward Island to be named to the Canadian Senate. Born in Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island, the son of Mélème Arsenault and Bibienne Poirier, he was a teacher, and later the owner of several businesses, including two general stores and a fish company.

PropertyValue
dbpprop:abstract
  • Joseph-Octave Arsenault (August 5, 1828 – December 14, 1897) was a Canadian politician who was the first Acadian from Prince Edward Island to be named to the Canadian Senate. Born in Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island, the son of Mélème Arsenault and Bibienne Poirier, he was a teacher, and later the owner of several businesses, including two general stores and a fish company. 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. Arsenault played an important role in organizing the first two Acadian national conventions which were held in Memramcook, New Brunswick in 1881 and Miscouche, Prince Edward Island in 1884.
  • Joseph-Octave Arsenault (né le 5 août 1828, mort le 14 décembre 1897) était un politicien canadien. Il fut le premier Acadien de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard à être nommé au Sénat du Canada.
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:reference
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Joseph-Octave Arsenault (August 5, 1828 – December 14, 1897) was a Canadian politician who was the first Acadian from Prince Edward Island to be named to the Canadian Senate. Born in Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island, the son of Mélème Arsenault and Bibienne Poirier, he was a teacher, and later the owner of several businesses, including two general stores and a fish company.
  • Joseph-Octave Arsenault (né le 5 août 1828, mort le 14 décembre 1897) était un politicien canadien. Il fut le premier Acadien de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard à être nommé au Sénat du Canada.
rdfs:label
  • Joseph-Octave Arsenault
  • Joseph-Octave Arsenault
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:page
is dbpprop:redirect of
is owl:sameAs of