HONORE See also:

• HONORE MERCIER (184o—,894)
• MERCIER, LOUIS SEBASTIEN (1740-1814)

MERCIER (184o—,894)  , See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian lawyer and statesman, was the son of See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• BAPTISTE

Baptiste See also:

• MERCIER, HONORE (184o—,894)
• MERCIER, LOUIS SEBASTIEN (1740-1814)

Mercier, See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, and of See also:

• MARIE

Marie Kimener, his wife . He was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of St Athanase d'Iberville on the 15th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 184o . The See also:

• FAMILY

family came from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and settled in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Montmagny, and later removed to Iberville . Mercier entered the Jesuit See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal, at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen, and throughout his See also:

• LIFE

life retained a warm friendship for the society . He married, firstly in 1866 Leopoldine See also:

• BOIVIN, FRANCOIS DE

Boivin, and secondly in 1871 Virginie St See also:

• DENIS (DIoNysms), SAINT
• DENIS, JOHANN NEPOMUK COSMAS MICHAEL (1729-1800)

Denis . On the completion of his course at St Mary's he studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of Laframboise and See also:

• PAPINEAU, LOUIS JOSEPH (1786-1871)

Papineau, in St Hyacinthe, and was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province in See also:

• APRIL

April 1865 . At the age of twenty-two he became the editor of the Conservative Courrier de St Hyacinthe, and in this See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal supported the policy of the Sicotte See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, which then represented the interests of See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec, under the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union (184o); but when Sicotte accepted a seat on the See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench Mercier joined the Opposition, and contributed largely to the defeat of the Ministerial See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate . In 1864 he vigorously opposed the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

confederation, on the ground that it would prove fatal to the distinctive position held by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Canadians . He resumed the editorship of the Courrier in 1866; but after a few months retired from journalism, and for the next five years devoted all his See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy to his profession . At the commencement of the See also:

• YEAR

year 1871 the See also:

• NATIONAL

national party was organized in Quebec, and Mercier supported the candidates of the party on the See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1872 he was elected as a member of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons for the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Rouville, and proved a vigorous opponent of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John A . See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald on the question of See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools for New See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick .

He was a candidate at the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general elections in 1874; but retired on the See also:

• EVE

eve of the contest in favour of another candidate of his own party . Mercier entered the See also:

• ARENA (Lat. for " sand ")

arena of provincial politics in May 1879 as See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-general in the Joly See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, representing the county of St Hyacinthe; and on the defeat of the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry in October he passed, with his See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, into opposition . On the retirement of M . Toly from the leadership of the Liberal party in Quebec in 1883 Mercier was chosen as his successor . Towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1885 the French-Canadian mind was greatly agitated over the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• RIEL, LOUIS (1844-1885)

Riel, leader of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion, and in consequence of the attitude of Mercier on this question the Liberal minority in the Legislative See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, which had been reduced to fifteen, rapidly gained strength, until at the general elections held in October 1886 the province was carried in the Liberal See also:

• INTEREST

interest . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1887 Mercier was sworn in as premier and See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-general, and from this moment he exercised an extraordinary See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the province . He succeeded in passing without opposition the Jesuit Estates Act, a measure to compensate the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order for the loss of See also:

• PROPERTY

property confiscated by the See also:

• CROWN

Crown . This act came before the Federal House for disallowance, but was carried on See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . When Mercier appealed to the electorate in 1890, his policy was endorsed, and he was able to give effect to many important See also:

• MEASURES

measures . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1891 he negotiated a See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe for the province, and whilst on a visit to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome he was created a See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire by See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo XIII., who three years previously had conferred upon him the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of a See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the order of St See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory the See also:

• GREAT

Great . Of commanding presence, See also:

• FIRM

firm, decisive, courteous in manner, convincing in See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument, and deeply attached to his native province, he had all the qualities of a popular leader . For a few years he was the idol of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Quebec, and French See also:

• CANADA

Canada loomed large in the public See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye; but towards the end of 1891 serious charges were preferred against his ministry, on the ground that subsidies voted for See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways had been diverted to See also:

• POLITICAL

political use, and he was dismissed by the See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor .

At the subsequent elections held in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1892 he was returned for the county of Bonaventure, but his party was hopelessly defeated . On the formation of a new government he was brought to trial, and declared not guilty; his See also:

• HEALTH

health, however, gave way, and he never regained his former influence . See Biographie, discours, conferences, &c., de fHon . Honore Mercier, by J.-O . Pelland (Montreal, 1893) . (A . G .