The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=Cartier, Sir Georges Étienne= (1814-1873). =Md= Associated with
Macdonald in MacNab-Taché ministry, 75; forms administration, 86-88;
member of mission to England to confer with British government on
Confederation, defence, reciprocity, etc., 120; acquisition of
North-West Territories, 156-157; supports demand of Red River for
self-government, 160; takes advantage of Macdonald's illness to attempt
to forestall the Wolseley expedition, 161-162; leads the House during
Macdonald's absence in Washington, 173; defeated in Montreal, his
influence weakened in Quebec, 195; his early life and alliance with
Macdonald, 266; his splendid work for Confederation and its inadequate
recognition, 267; the C. B. replaced by a baronetcy, 267; his defeat in
Montreal East, 1872, 268; his death in England in 1873, 268; Macdonald's
tribute to, on unveiling of his statue, 268. =T= Delegate to England in
union negotiations, 63; at Charlottetown Conference, 74; at Quebec
Conference, 76; presented to the queen, 124; in first Confederation
ministry, 129. =P= A man of action, 1; lacking hi personal magnetism, 2;
compared with Papineau, 2; blames Papineau and his friends for expelling
Mondelet from Assembly, 72. =E= On Papineau's responsibility for
amendment to Union Act, 122; first elected to Legislature in
1849--government candidate for speakership in 1854, defeated, 135,136;
his statue, 226. =C= Follows Papineau, 1; subsequent loyalty to British
constitution, 1; born at St. Antoine, on the Richelieu, 3; a descendant
of Jacques Cartier, 3; parentage, 3; education, 3-5; Papineau's
influence, 5; studies law with Édouard Rodier, 7; Rodier's influence, 7;
the poet of _Les Fils de la Liberté_, 7; takes part in the Rebellion, 7,
8; his escape and exile, 8-9; returns to Montreal, 9; statesmanlike
attitude towards Union Act, 16; takes the field against D. B. Viger, 17;
his maiden speech, 17, 19; bitterness against Papineau, 18; enters the
Assembly, 1849, for Verchères, 21; a born leader, 21; offered seat in
Hincks-Morin ministry, 1851, and again in 1853, 22; enters Cabinet,
1855, 22; his law practice, 22-23; causes of his success as a political
leader, 23-24; and clerical influence, 28; helped by Radicalism of
Liberals, 29; defeated at general election, 1872, by _Le Parti
National_, 30; member of Executive Council, 1855, 31; alliance with Sir
Allan MacNab and John A. Macdonald, 31, 33; urges settlement of
Seigniorial Tenure, 32; his political principles, 32-33; defends
alliance with Upper Canada Conservatives, 33-34; bitterly attacked in
Verchères election, 34; breadth of his political activities, 35;
reorganizes system of public instruction, 37-38; protects interests of
Protestant minority, 38; establishes judicial districts, 38; codifies
the laws, 39; gives civil status to parishes, 39-40; his independence,
40-41; his interest in railways and other means of transportation,
45-50; his connection with Pacific Scandal, 53-54; works for
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