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	Cartier, Sir George-Étienne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From a wealthy family of grain exporters and millers, and supposedly a descendant of Jacques CARTIER, he was a FATHER OF CONFEDERATION and dominated the politics of Québec for a generation.
		Cartier, whose letters had promised Sir Hugh ALLAN the railway contract, was already mortally ill with Bright's disease.
		Cartier's accomplishments included ensuring the choice of Ottawa as the national capital and reconciling the majority of French Canada to Confederation on the grounds that it made possible the re-establishment of the old Province of Québec.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001438 (446 words)

	George-Etienne Cartier - Quebec History - Histoire du Québec
		A supporter of the Patriots' movement in 1837, Cartier (1814-1873) rose to prominence in the 1850's as the undisputed leader of the French Canadian Block, renamed the Bleus.
		As a delegate to all of the constitutional conferences which led to the passing of the Constitution Act (1867) the presence of Cartier guaranteed that French Canadian rights would be fully protected in the new Confederation by insisting that federalism was the only acceptable system of government to Quebec.
		Cartier envisaged that the first line of defense for French Canadian rights in the new Dominion would be their strong representation in the House of Commons and the federal cabinet as well as the key role that the Québécois were expected to play in the formation of Canadian political parties.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/bios/cartier.htm (180 words)

	Cartier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louis Cartier, inventor of the wristwatch, brother of Pierre.
		Cartier SA, a jeweler and watch manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA
		Cartier Island, an island north-west of Australia that is part of Australia's Northern Territory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cartier (126 words)

	George-Étienne Cartier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Honourable Sir George-Étienne Cartier, PC (September 6, 1814 – May 20, 1873) was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.
		The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III.
		Cartier became active in politics in 1848 when he was first elected He fought with Louis-Joseph Papineau in the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and was forced into temporary exile in Vermont.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georges-Etienne%2BCartier (292 words)

	Sir George-Étienne Cartier - Charlottetown Conference of 1864 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George-Étienne Cartier was born in St. Antoine, Lower Canada to a wealthy family of millers and grain exporters.
		George-Étienne Cartier received his education and later graduated from the Sulpician College de Montreal and was called to the bar 1835.
		Cartier was both a member of the radical group Fils de la Liberté and secretary of the reorganized St-Jean Baptiste Society.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /charlottetown/fathers/cartier.html (292 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Cartier defended the government’s policy, nevertheless, against the opposition, which reproached it for postponing the discussion of important questions, such as the secularization of the clergy reserves and the abolition of seigneurial tenure.
		Cartier also, with John A. Macdonald, initiated the great legislative compilations which in 1859 made it possible to publish, in English and French, The consolidated statutes of Canada, and, in English, The consolidated statutes for Upper Canada; in addition, in 1861 The consolidated statutes for Lower Canada appeared in French and English.
		Cartier became the advocate of a federation of the provinces of British North America because it appeared to him the best way of extrication from the political difficulties of the period, created especially by the question of representation by population.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39006&query=cartier (7285 words)

	George-Etienne Cartier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When the British exiled a young lawyer named Georges-Etienne Cartier from Canada after the Papineau-Mackenzie rebellion in 1837, no one thought that 30 years later he would be one of the founders of a new Canadian nation.
		Cartier, probably from the same family as the famed explorer Jacques Cartier, was born at St. Antonie, Quebec, Sept. 6, 1814.
		Among Cartier's many achievements were the codification of the civil law of Lower Canada (Quebec), helping to end the oppressive seigneurial tenure in the province and playing a prominent part in the building of the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/geography/georgecartier.htm (238 words)

	George Etienne Cartier - Quebec History - Histoire du Québec
		HAMMOND, "Sir George Etienne Cartier, 1814-1873", in Confederation and Its Leaders, Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1927, 333p., pp.
		John BOYD, "Cartier's Part in the Confederation Movement", in Sir George Etienne Cartier, Bart.: His Life and Times, Toronto, Macmillan Co. of Canada, Ltd., 1914, pp.195-209.
		Aegidius FAUTEUX, « Cartier et les Minorités », Revue Canadienne, Nouvelle série, Vol.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/GeorgeEtienneCartierindex.htm (688 words)

	Reaction to the Proposal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George-Étienne Cartier was born in Lower Canada and fought with the rebels in the Papineau uprising of 1837.
		As leader of the Bleu party of Canada East, Cartier was part of the coalition of 1864 and joined John A. Macdonald in presenting the benefits of Confederation to the Charlottetown Conference later that year.
		Cartier was also the lawyer for the Grand Trunk Railway and helped set up its charter while he was in the government.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /confederation/fathers.html (833 words)

	Louis-Philippe Hébert
		Georges-Étienne Cartier (1814-1873) was one of the Fathers of Confederation.
		This sculpture, the first monument on the Hill, was selected as the result of an international competition instituted by the government in 1881 and managed by the department of Public Works.
		Cartier is pointing to the text of this speech advocating confederation, which he delivered at the Quebec Conference in 1864.
	national.gallery.ca /exhibitions/exhibitions/lp_hebert/english/walking/cartier.html (280 words)

	Sir George Etienne Cartier
		Cartier became attorney general for Lower Canada in the Tache-Macdonald ministry, and in this capacity effected the codification of the civil laws of Lower Canada and accomplished great ira-provements in the system of administering the criminal law.
		Cartier, who had resigned the portfolio of attorney general on 29 July, became inspector-general on 6 August On 7 August he was again sworn in as attorney general.
		Cartier was one of the active promoters of confederation, and became minister of militia in the first Dominion cabinet in July, 1867.
	www.famousamericans.net /sirgeorgeetiennecartier (636 words)

	Knowledge King - Georges-Etienne Cartier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir Georges-Étienne Cartier (September 6, 1814 - May 20, 1873) was a French-Canadian statesman.
		Cartier was born in St. Antoine, Quebec (then known as Lower Canada).
		He fought with Louis-Joseph Papineau in the Patriotes Rebellion of 1837, and was forced into temporary exile in Vermont.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/g/ge/georges_etienne_cartier.html (152 words)

	Explore the hill - Statues \| A Treasure to Explore: Parliament Hill (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
		The competition for this statue was held simultaneously with one for a statue of George Brown.
		Cartier formed a joint ministry for a United Canada from 1857 to 1862 with long-time friend Sir John A. Macdonald, thus serving as joint Prime Minister.
		Deeply affected by Cartier's death, Macdonald proposed that he be given both a state funeral and commemorative monument.
	www.parliamenthill.gc.ca /text/explorestatues_e.html#4 (1888 words)

	Sir George Etienne Cartier: Biography of Sir George Etienne Cartier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cartier was deeply involved in the rebellion of 1837.
		In 1848 he was elected to the house of assembly, in 1856 was appointed provincial secretary, and soon became attorney-general.
		In 1857 Cartier became leader of the Lower Canada section of the government, and premier in 1858.
	www.sacklunch.net /biography/C/SirGeorgeEtienneCartier.html (65 words)

	nov18day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cartier was premier of Canada from 1858 to 1862 and a leading member of the Great Coalition formed in 1864 to pursue the project of British North American Confederation.
		Montreal business interests with which Cartier was associated were prominent among those interested in annexing the North-West to Canada, since they expected that settlement of the prairies would allow for the expansion of Montreal's railroad system and shipping industry and would create a new market for Montreal's manufactured goods.
		McDougall accompanied Cartier to London in the winter of 1868-9, though he played a relatively minor role in the negotiations with the HBC and the British government.
	www.chass.utoronto.ca /~asilver/nov18day.html (881 words)

	George-Étienne Cartier
		Cartier fit son entrée en politique alors que les représentants se prononçaient en faveur d'une loi historique, le «rebellion losses bill», qui causa une émeute pendant laquelle le parlement de Montréal fut incendié en avril 1849.
		Cartier voyait dans le projet de fédération une assurance que les Canadiens-français auraient une législature provinciale sur laquelle ils pourraient compter et qui serait responsable de dossiers tels que l'éducation et la justice.
		Cartier se fit toutefois le défenseur des résolutions de Québec, déclarant que la couronne britannique avait permis aux Canadiens-français de conserver leurs institutions, leur langue et leur religion et que l'avenir résidait dans une forme de gouvernement inspirée du monarchisme britannique.
	www.republiquelibre.org /cousture/GECARTIER.HTM (1826 words)

	Dougall Public School's Heritage Moments Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Etienne Cartier was born in St. Antoine, Lower Canada on September 6, 1814.
		George Etienne Cartier was responsible for making Quebec part of Canada, and if Quebec hadn’t joined confederation there would be no Canada as we know it today.
		In 1856 George Etienne Cartier was elected to be the leader of Parti Bleu.
	www.gecdsb.on.ca /cait/winger/History/Dougall%20Moments/cartier.htm (110 words)

	Manitoba History: REVIEWS: George-Etienne Cartier, Montreal Bourgeois AND George-Etienne Cartier: A Biography
		Cartier, originally one of LaFontaine’s young men, inherited his political machine and was able to vastly extend it because of the influx of huge amounts of money entering the country for railway construction.
		Cartier was not always successful and did not live to see the vast financial octopus that was the C.P.R. provide a more truly effective basis for the national party.
		Cartier died in 1873, and 1875 saw the beginning of a vast flood of Ontario settlers who soon made Manitoba the “outreach of Ontario.” In 1874 however, Girard was Premier and Provincial Secretary of Manitoba, and Joseph Dubuc was Attorney-General.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/mb_history/05/cartierwest.shtml (2358 words)

	Maison George Étienne Cartier - Montreal Features :: BootsnAll Travel Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Étienne Cartier was a very important political figure and one of the Fathers of Confederation.
		One of the major turning points in Cartier's life was probably the election of 1861 when he contested the constituency of Montréal against a Monsieur Dorion.
		Cartier's greatest achievements were in his very important role in the negotiations and adoption of innumerable pieces of legislation such as the adoption of the Civil Code of Lower Canada (now known as Quebec), the abolition of the seigneurial system of ownership of land in Quebec, making the legislative council elective, and bringing about
	www.bootsnall.com /articles/01-08/maison-george-tienne-cartier.html (752 words)

	Confédération pour enfants: Sir George-Étienne Cartier
		Cartier est né à St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu au Bas-Canada le 6 septembre 1814.
		John A. Macdonald, alors chef des conservateurs, et Cartier sont devenus co-« premiers ministres » de la Province du Canada.
		Cartier avait la responsabilité de convaincre la plupart des Canadiens français que la Confédération serait une bonne chose pour le Canada français, car cela ferait du Québec une province séparée.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /2/2/h2-1515-f.html (158 words)

	Sir George-Étienne Cartier - La Confédération canadienne
		George-Étienne Cartier fait son entrée en politique en 1848, alors qu'il est élu à l'Assemblée législative du Canada-Uni comme représentant de la circonscription de Verchères.
		Lorsque Étienne-Paschal Taché abandonne la vie politique, George-Étienne Cartier le remplace pour former le gouvernement avec John A. Macdonald, de 1857 à 1858, puis de 1858 à 1862.
		George-Étienne Cartier est responsable des négociations entre le gouvernement canadien, le gouvernement britannique et la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson en ce qui concerne l'achat de la Terre de Rupert et du Territoire du Nord-Ouest.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2313-f.html (679 words)

	George Etienne Cartier - Encyclopedia of Quebec History - Stewart Wallace
		George Etienne Cartier - Encyclopedia of Quebec History - Stewart Wallace
		(1814-1873), statesman, was born at St. Antoine, county of Verchères, Lower Canada, on September 6, 1814, the son of Lt.-Col. Jacques Cartier and Marguerite Paradis, and probably a descendant of a collateral branch of the family of the explorer, Jacques Cartier.
		See J. Boyd, Sir George Etienne Cartier (Toronto, 1914); A. Dansereau et al., Georges-Etienne Cartier (Montreal, 1914); C. Lavergne, Georges-Etienne Cartier (Montreal, 1914) ; B. Sulte, Georges Cartier (Montreal, 1919); A. DeCelles, Cartier et son temps (Montreal, 1907); L. David, Esquisse biographique (Montreal, 1873), and Canada sous l'union (2 vols., Quebec, 1871-72).
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/GECartierbio.htm (484 words)

	Who Were the Fathers of Confederation? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cartier was a dominant figure in the politics of Canada East in the years leading up to and following Confederation.
		While he was at first a supporter of George Brown and the Reformers he gradually abandoned them over their seeming lack of enthusiasm for such projects as the railway and the settlement of the West.
		Cartier also viewed a federation as the most effective way to accommodate different regional and cultural realities.
	www.pco-bcp.gc.ca /aia?Language=E&Page=federation&Sub=WhoWeretheFathersofConfe (3140 words)

	George-Étienne Cartier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George-Etienne Cartier, son of a soldier, was born September 6, 1814 in St. Antoine, Lower Canada.
		Cartier believed that French Canada could protect its distinctive culture better in Confederation than in the existing union.
		Together with the trust of Macdonald and Cartier for each other, the confidence in Cartier by the French people was one of the most vital factors in the achievement of confederation.
	www.edu.pe.ca /vrcs/grade8/fathers/ashley/f1.html (298 words)

	'Ô Canada! mon pays! mes amours!'
		It may have been sung first by Cartier to the tune of an old French song, 'Je suis Français, mon pays avant tout,' in Montreal 24 Jun 1834 at a banquet marking the official foundation of the St-Jean-Baptiste Association (later Society.) Cartier was a law student at the time and secretary of the society.
		According to John Boyd, in about 1860 Cartier sent a revised version of the text to Ernest Gagnon who chose (or perhaps composed) a tune and provided it with a 'musical accompaniment' which is said to have been published shortly thereafter.
		What is certain is that Labelle's setting was sung in Montreal, in the presence of 4000 people including Cartier, who was by then minister of the militia, at the premiere of Labelle's Cantate: La Confédération 7 Jan 1868 at the City Hall.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=U1ARTU0002612 (449 words)

	George-Étienne Cartier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir George-Étienne Cartier (de septiembre el 6 de 1814 - de mayo el 20 de 1873) era un estadista y un padre France's-Canadienses de la confederación.
		El deletreo inglés del nombre, George, es explicado por el suyo que es nombrado en el honor de rey George III.
		Cartier nació en Santo-Antoine, Quebec (entonces conocido como Canadá más bajo).
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ge/George%C9tienne%20Cartier.htm (225 words)

	George-Etienne Cartier
		George-Etienne Cartier has traditionally been interpreted as primarily a federal politician, as Macdonald's ally in building a united Canada, and as a representative French Canadian.
		A rebel and political exile in 1837, Cartier by the 1850s was a member of the militia, a government minister, and a perennial defender of British traditions.
		After confederation, Cartier's political energies lessened, and his interest turned to his country estate and to pleasures of the table, drawing room, and stable.
	www.mqup.mcgill.ca /book.php?bookid=583 (284 words)

	Louis-Philippe Hébert
		George-Étienne Cartier (1814-1873) fut l'un des Pères de la Confédération.
		Faites le tour de la statue et remarquez la minutie apportée aux plis et faux plis de la tenue de Cartier.
		Cartier attire notre attention sur la déclaration qui prône la confédération, faite à la Conférence de Québec en 1864, et qui se lit comme suit : " Constitution de 1867.
	www.gallery.ca /exhibitions/exhibitions/lp_hebert/francais/walking/cartier.html (269 words)

	Cartier, Sir George Etienne, Baronet -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Cartier practiced as a lawyer until 1837, when he took part in the rebellion that sent him into several months of exile in the United States.
		In a tribute to his loyalty and teamwork in government service, George Bush was elected the 41st president of the United States in 1988.
		In a dramatization, George Washington recalls crossing the Delaware, spending the winter at Valley Forge and defeating the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
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