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See also:SIR GEORGES See also:ETIENNE See also:CARTIER
, See also:Bart
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(1814-1873), See also:Canadian statesman, was See also:born in the See also:province of See also:Quebec on the 6th of See also:September 1814
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Called to the See also:bar in 1835, he soon gained a large practice
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He took See also:part in the See also:rebellion of 1837, and was forced for a See also:time to See also:fly the See also:country
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In 1848 he was elected to the Canadian See also:parliament
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His youthful ebullition of 1837 was soon repented of, and he became a loyal subject of the See also:British See also:crown
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So greatly had he changed that in 1854 he became a leading member of the reconstructed Liberal-Conservative party
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In 1855 he was appointed provincial secretary, and in 1857 See also:attorney-See also:general for See also:Lower See also:Canada
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From 1858 to 1862 he and See also:Sir See also:
In the first See also:cabinet of Sir John Macdonald he sat as See also:minister of See also:militia and See also:defence, and carried in 1868 an important See also:act establishing the See also:land forces of Canada on a See also:sound basis
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Though adevout See also:Catholic, he became involved in. a See also:political See also:quarrel with his See also: |
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