Georges Pharand
Georges Hector Pharand was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Prescott in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1911 as a Conservative member.
He was born in Saint-Clet, Quebec in 1868, the son of Jean-Baptiste Pharand. He married Ariella Lapointe in 1891. He was a merchant at L'Orignal, Ontario and a land agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He defeated Louis-Joseph Labrosse in 1908 and was defeated by Gustave Évanturel in 1911; he was also unsuccessful in the 1914 provincial election.