was located in Verchères, the first electoral district that George-Étienne Cartier* contested and won, in 1848. Girard had helped
casualties. Moreover, George-Étienne Cartier* had just crossed the Richelieu with
April 1858 that the government, now under the leadership of Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier*, was not “absolutely the best
also suffered immediate decline. The Colonist could no longer be supported; instead it became an organ of the Macdonald–George-Étienne
La Fontaine, and George-Étienne Cartier*, Turcotte thus distinguished himself as a Patriote, a fact not previously
1863. Although a supporter of George-Étienne Cartier*, the French Canadian Conservative leader, Ross broke with the government of
. The prospect of such a career was sufficiently pleasing to Bibaud for him to allow a small committee of nine lawyers to be set up centred around George-Étienne
[see Eugène-Étienne Taché]. Other projects in which he was involved included furnishing the halls and offices of the assembly and the council, the library, and the restaurant. In 1872 Vallière had
the “Macdonald–Cartier” government [see George-Étienne Cartier*], an eloquent testimony both to the part he played in this
the unofficial organ of the Conservative party of George-Étienne Cartier* and John A. Macdonald. At first Tassé held “the
.
In the assembly Bellingham largely endorsed the governments formed by Macdonald, first with Étienne-Paschal Taché* and then with George
more deeply involved in politics. On the death of Sir George-Étienne Cartier* in May 1873, Riel decided to seek election in
and the hectic summer change from the John A. Macdonald*–George-Étienne
called Fort George, now Lake George, N.Y.). He acted as adjutant, administering the affairs of all the militia units, to the great satisfaction of Vaudreuil who claimed that “because of his diligence, our
. Macdonald*, whom Hogan had admired as a young politician, and George-Étienne Cartier* returned to power that same month, he did not
-Étienne Cartier*’s offer in the fall of 1857 of a place in the government, even though, according to the Globe, all Toronto was
. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier, but not uncritically. At the same time Macdonald, with his usual perspicacity, in confidence remarked, “You
British Columbia for the “earliest possible period” and those in Manitoba for “the last half of August or the first week of September.” Campbell assisted in securing Sir George-Étienne
nationally subscribed fund.” In 1882 the Canadian government announced an international competition for a memorial to Sir George-Étienne