Bonaventure Panet

Bonaventure Panet (July 27, 1765 – March 12, 1846) was a businessman and politician in Lower Canada.

Background Panet was born in Montreal in 1765, the son of Pierre Panet, who was a lawyer and a judge, and Marie-Anne Trefflé. He was one of the 17 children born to the family, six of whom died in infancy.

Panet was elected again for Leinster in 1809; the assembly was dissolved by Governor James Henry Craig in 1810 and Panet did not run for elected office again. He served as captain in the militia during the War of 1812 and was promoted to major in 1818. Panet was named justice of the peace for Montreal district in 1821 and was also named to various commissions.