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SIR GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER, lst Baronet; son

of Jacques Cartier, Esq., by Marguerite, da. of Joseph

Paradis, Esq. Born 1815; was educated at St. Sul-

pice College, Montreal, a branch of St. Sulpice Col-—

lege of Paris ; was called to the Canadian Bar

(Quebec) 1835 ; created a QC. 1854; was made :1

Hon. Member of the Bar of Upper Canada 1866.

Entered Parliament in 1848 as a Member of the Legis-

lative Assembly of Canada for the county of Verehéres,

for which place he sat until 1861,.in which year he

was elected for Montreal East, which place he repre—

sented until the union of the British North American

Provinces, 1867, and which he now represents, as a

F Franc et sans (101.. member of the House of Commons of the Dominion of

"wk “tho“ deceit. Canada. Succeeded to the Leadership of the French

Canadians on the retirement of Sir L. H. La Fontaine,

Bart, and Mr. Morin, and still holds that position ; was offered by the late Earl of

Elgin a seat in the Cabinet, 1851 and 1853, but declined both offers. \Vas Pro-

vincial Secretary and Member of the Executive Council and of the Government

1855—6; Attorney-General for Lower Canada, and a Member of the Executive

Council from the latter year until 1858, when he resigned. Was Premier and

Attorney-General of Lower Canada 1858—62 ; was again Attorney-General (after

having declined in favour of Sir E. P. Taché to form a Government) 1864—7.

Was a Member of the London Conference of Delegates from ther British North

American Provinces, which finally settled the conditions of Union, and the passing

of the British North America Act, 1867 ; was appointed a Member of the Queen’s

Privy Council for Canada, and Minister of Militia and Defence 1867 (this office

he now holds) : married, 1846, Hortense, da. of Edouard Raymond Fabre, Esq.,
of Montreal, and Luce Perrault, his wife, and has issue, living—

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