=Chandler, Edward Barron= (1800-1880). Elected to New Brunswick Assembly, 1827, for Westmoreland, which he represented until 1836, when called to Legislative Council. Became executive councillor, 1844. Engaged in negotiations for Intercolonial Railway, 1850-1852; reciprocity, 1854; and Confederation, 1865. Succeeded Tilley as lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1878. =Index=: =W= Sent by New Brunswick Assembly to lay grievances before colonial secretary, 24; becomes member of government, 72; resigns, 76. =T= Goes to London to secure support for Intercolonial, 26-27; 54; member of Executive Council, 1856, 41; delegate to Charlottetown Conference, 73; to Quebec Conference, 77; Confederation delegate to England, 120. =H= Joins Joseph Howe in mission to Toronto on behalf of Intercolonial Railway project, 137; secures support of New Brunswick government, 139; his speech at Amherst on behalf of Howe, 140; accompanies Hincks to England on Intercolonial Railway mission, 142. =B= Complains at Quebec Conference, that proposed union legislative, not federal, 163. =Bib.=: Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_; Dent, _Can. Por._ =Chandler, Samuel.= =Mc= Aids Mackenzie's escape, 397. =Chansons of French Canada.= Most of the inimitable folk-songs of Quebec came in their original form from France, and have undergone more or less of a transformation in their new environment. A few originated in French Canada. =Index=: =C= _Chansons de ronde_ among the habitants, 119-120; at Cartier's house, 123. =Bib.=: Gagnon, _Chansons populaire_; McLennan, _Songs of old Canada_; Burpee, _Songs of French Canada_; Wood, _Footnotes to Canadian Folk-Songs_ (R. S. C., 1896); Bourinot, _Songs of Forest and River_ in _Rose-Belford Monthly_, 1877; _French Songs of Old Canada_, pictured by W. Graham Robertson; Tiersot, _French Folk-Songs_. =Chapais, Jean Charles= (1812-1885). Born in Rivière Oùelle, Quebec. Member of the Executive Council and commissioner of public works, 1864-1867. In 1867 privy councillor and minister of agriculture; and 1869-1873 receiver-general. In 1868 called to the Senate. =Index=: =T= Delegate to Quebec Conference, 76; minister of agriculture in first Dominion Cabinet, 129. =Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_. =Chapais, Joseph Amable Thomas= (1858- ). Educated at Laval University. Called to the bar, 1879. Edited _Le Courrier du Canada_ since 1884. Appointed member of Legislative Council of Quebec, 1892, and elected Speaker, 1895; president of the Executive Council, 1896, and minister of colonization, 1897. =Index=: =F= His work on Talon referred to, 57. =Bib.=: Works: _Jean Talon, Intendant de la Nouvelle France_; _Discours et Conférences_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.