Terrebonne. The new civil code of Canada East, a masterpiece of its kind, came into force on 1 Aug. 1866 [see George-Étienne

London with Sir George-Étienne Cartier* negotiating the acquisition of the northwest. Aikins demurred, urging Macdonald to take

: with the help of Béïque as chief organizer, Jetté convincingly defeated Sir George-Étienne Cartier* in Montreal East. Although

his family background, education, and associations with men such as Boulton and Cayley, Cameron was a strong Conservative. He supported the government of George-Étienne

expectations held by incoming English-speaking Canadians of clear and untrammelled access to the best lands possible. Archibald’s approach, supported by Taché and Sir George-Étienne

differences between him and his siblings, and the breakdown of his sister Hortense’s marriage with George-Étienne Cartier

that McDougall, who with Sir George-Étienne Cartier* had concluded negotiations between the HBC and Canada in London, would be the

about attacking not only the liberal democrats of the Institut Canadien and their organs Le Pays and Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe, but also the supporters of George-Étienne

he reissued in three volumes in 1858 thanks to a grant he obtained through George-Étienne Cartier*. Côté has to his credit as well

ensuing general election. In the contest for the three-member riding Rose was the only ministerial candidate elected, George-Étienne Cartier

and influenced it to support free trade and a Pacific railway. With its help Young formed part of the Montreal Liberal team that unseated George-Étienne

 Cultivateur. For Langevin, who was the acknowledged leader of the Quebec Conservatives after the death of Sir George-Étienne

from the troubles of 1869–70. He filed the largest claim of anyone – $69,450, including $10,000 for having suffered imprisonment – and even asked Sir George-Étienne

the visual arts. At least three large institutions in Montreal had him teach their students: the École Normale Jacques-Cartier in 1861–62 and the Collège Sainte-Marie and the Institut Canadien-Français

Reform candidates but withdrew when he could not secure party support. He did win in the election of 1857–58, this time pledging himself to the Liberal-Conservative government of George-Étienne

Dessaulles* but attributed to Charles Daoust* by George-Étienne Cartier*, it

cash-flow crisis and was forced to close its doors. Cartwright anxiously appealed to Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier*, both then

, which in their eyes were merely succursal chapels of the parish of Notre-Dame. To uphold their cause they could count on the advice of their former pupil, George-Étienne

National and roundly defeated Sir George-Étienne Cartier*. Berthe, a cultivated woman who knew her way around high society and politics

Liberal-Conservative party of George-Étienne Cartier* and John A