Cartier, George-Etienne, Sir, 1814-1873

found: Young, B. J. George-Etienne Cartier, 1981:title page (George-Etienne Cartier)

found: 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)

found: 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)