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Cartier, George-Etienne, Sir, 1814-1873

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Personal name headingCartier, George-Etienne, Sir, 1814-1873
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Variant(s)Cartier, George Étienne, Sir, bart., 1814-1873
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Associated countryCanada
LocatedMontréal (Québec)
Birth date1814-09-6
Death date1873-05-20
Place of birthSaint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu (Québec)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Field of activityCanada--Politics and government Law
AffiliationCanada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly Société Saint-Jean Baptiste de Montréal
Profession or occupationPrime ministers Legislators Politicians Lawyers
Found inDe Celles, A. D. Pupineau Cartier, 1904.
Young, B. J. George-Etienne Cartier, 1981: title page (George-Etienne Cartier)
Enc. Amer., 1981: volume 4, page 174 (Cartier, Sir George Etienne, b. 9-6-1814, d. 5-20-1873, French Canadian leader, founder of Conservative Party)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography WWW site, viewed November 18, 2021 (Cartier, George-Étienne; lawyer, politician, prime minister of the Province of Canada; b. Sept. 6, 1814 at Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu (Verchères County, L.C.); d. May 20, 1873 in London, England; he was called to the bar of Lower Canada on November 9, 1835; he was at the battle of Saint-Denis on November 22, 1837 and after the Patriotes' defeat at Saint-Charles he had to hide at Verchères, eventually fleeing to the United States; he returned to Montreal in 1838 and the following year returned to the practice of law; his great period of activity as a lawyer extended from this year until 1848; at the time of the reorganization of the Société Saint-Jean Baptiste in 1843, he became its secretary, and, in the political sphere, he accepted the union; on April 7, 1848 he was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of United Canada; in 1855 he was called upon to assume the office of Provincial Secretary for Canada East and in 1856 he became Attorney General for Canada East; in the summer of 1860, in his capacity as Prime Minister, he accompanied the Prince of Wales during his visit to Canada; upon conferation in 1867 he became Minister of Militia and Defence; in spring 1868 he was created a baronet; from 1867 until his death, he was John A. Macdonald's principal lieutenant, and often replaced him as prime minister and leader of the government in the House of Commons)
Associated languageeng