Michael Felix Hackett was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Stanstead

Stanstead (provincial electoral district)

Stanstead was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Estrie region, the district was formed in 1867. After the 1970 elections, it became part of Orford.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1892 to 1900 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Granby, Quebec

Granby, Quebec

Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 47,637. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the fifth most populated city in Montérégie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard and...

, the son of Patrick Hackett and Mary Griffin, and was educated at the Granby Academy College, Saint-Hyacinthe College and McGill University

McGill University

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. Hackett was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1874 and set up practice at Stanstead Plain (later part of Stanstead

Stanstead, Quebec

Stanstead is a town of about 3,000 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Québec. Stanstead is located on the Canada-United States border across from Derby Line, Vermont....

). In 1883, he married Florence Alberta, the daughter of Albert Knight

Albert Knight (politician)

Albert Knight was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Stanstead in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1861 to 1866....

. Hackett was mayor of Stanstead Plain from 1890 to 1904 and warden for Stanstead County from 1891 to 1897. He also served as captain in the militia and president of the Stanstead County Farmers' Institute. He was president of the province's Executive Council from 1895 to 1896 and provincial secretary from 1896 to 1897. In 1899, he was named Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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. Hackett was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1900. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the federal House of Commons in 1904. In 1915, Hackett was named a judge in the Quebec Superior Court

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 for Bedford district. He died in Cowansville

Cowansville, Quebec

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 at the age of 76.

His son John Thomas Hackett

John Thomas Hackett

John Thomas Hackett was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Stanstead in the Canadian House of Commons from 1930 to 1935 and from 1945 to 1949 as a Conservative and then Progressive Conservative member...

served in the House of Commons and Senate of Canada.