appointed death_date death_place birth_place children party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
mackenzie bowell 14 december 1897 abrams village , pei cascumpec , pei aubin-edmond arsenault joseph-félix arsenault conservative senator member of the legislative assembly of prince edward island for for 3rd prince prince edward island , prince edward island 05 august 1828 february 18 , 1895 1873 joseph-octave arsenault
 december 14 , 1897 1895 joseph-octave arsenault
joseph-octave arsenault

joseph-octave arsenault -lrb- august 5 , 1828 -- december 14 , 1897 -rrb- 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 .
