Brassard (surname)

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Brassard is a surname. It may have derived from brassard, an armband used as an item of military uniform. Notable individuals with the surname include:

Brassard armband worn with military or other professional uniform, to which insignia may be attached

A brassard or armlet is an armband or piece of cloth or other material worn around the upper arm; the term typically refers to an item of uniform worn as part of military uniform or by police or other uniformed persons. Unit, role or rank badges or other insignia are carried on it instead of being stitched into the actual clothing. The brassard, when spread out, may be roughly rectangular in shape, where it is worn merely around the arm; it may also be a roughly triangular shape, in which case the brassard is also attached to a shoulder strap. The term is originally French, deriving from bras meaning "arm".

Augustin Brassard was a Canadian politician, lawyer, secretary and teacher. He was born in Roberval, Quebec, Canada. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1957 election as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Lapointe. He was re-elected in the 1958 election and defeated in 1962.

Derick Brassard Canadian ice hockey player

Derick Brassard is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).

François Joseph Brassard was a Canadian ethnomusicologist, organist, composer and music teacher.

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Jacques Brassard is a former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister. He was the National Assembly of Quebec for Lac-Saint-Jean from 1976 to 2002 and occupied several portfolios as a Minister under the Parti Québecois governments of René Lévesque, Pierre-Marc Johnson, Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry.

André Brassard is a Canadian stage director, filmmaker and actor, best known for staging the vast majority of Michel Tremblay's plays. He was the director of the French section of the National Arts Center from 1982 to 1989 and the National Theatre School from 1992 to 2000.

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Joseph Léonce Vincent Brassard was a Canadian politician, manufacturer and meat packer. He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1958 as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Chicoutimi. He was defeated in the elections of 1962 and 1965. He married Judith Voyer and had 10 children. Brassard died in Chicoutimi in 1974.

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