Étienne Parent

Étienne Parent
Portrait of Étienne Parent
Born	(1802-05-02)May 2, 1802
Died	December 22, 1874(1874-12-22) (aged 72) Ottawa
Occupation(s)	journalist, editor, lawyer, member of provincial parliament, civil servant, essayist and lecturer

Étienne Parent (May 2, 1802 in Beauport, Lower Canada – December 22, 1874 in Ottawa) was a Canadian journalist and government official.

He was editor of the newspaper Le Canadien and, as such, supported French Canadian journalism and writing. He was a close friend and supporter of Lord Gosford.

For his eventual attacks on the government, he was briefly imprisoned, even though he did not actively join the Rebellion of 1837. After the union of Lower Canada and Upper Canada into the Province of Canada in 1841, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Saguenay. He resigned his seat a year later on appointment as Clerk of the Executive Council.

References

• Sebastien Tessier. "Parent, Étienne (1802-1874)", in Les Patriotes de 1837@1838, May 19, 2001
• Réginald Hamel, John Hare and Paul Wyczynski. "Parent, Étienne", in Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue française en Amérique du Nord, Éditions Fides, 1989 (online via BAnQ)

External links

• Étienne Parent (1802-1874), Textes choisis et présentés par Paul-Eugène Gosselin (PDF, RTF, Word) digitized by Marcelle Bergeron for Les Classiques des sciences sociales
• Historica’s Heritage Minute video docudrama about “Étienne Parent.” (Adobe Flash Player.)