. He was a member of the Conservative party and “was the close friend and favourite adviser” of Sir George-Étienne Cartier*. In

. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier

account for his half-pay appointment on 9 May 1869 as adjutant-general of the Canadian militia. Sir George-Étienne Cartier*, the

Congregational Church there. Joseph’s brothers Andrew*, George

with Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* and Sir George-Étienne

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

1858, along with William Henry Draper*, he had rendered a controversial decision in favour of the government of George-Étienne

, speed of conception, and rightness of judgement are concerned.” Throughout his whole career Renaud was a friend of George-Étienne

and offences affecting the life or liberty of British subjects. “In politics he was a Conservative to the very core,” said the Montreal Daily Star of Ramsay. A friend of George-Étienne

 Patrie, a paper Rambau began publishing in Montreal in September 1854. As the organ for the liberal-conservative coalition of which George-Étienne

being an articled clerk in the law office of George-Étienne Cartier*, he was called to the bar on 30 Oct. 1866. He then

forgotten: Sir George-Étienne Cartier*, the new dominion’s minister of

succeeded in persuading Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau and George-Étienne

the government of John A. Macdonald* and George-Étienne Cartier

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

appointed the previous year as an associate justice in the Court of Oyer and Terminer for Carleton County. In 1861, by now a “Coalition Reformer” supporting the George-Étienne

the same time made him the political successor to Sir George-Étienne Cartier*. Langevin felt he needed a loyal, discreet, and

* against John Rose*, George-Étienne Cartier*, and Starnes. Rose, Dorion, and McGee

-Étienne Cartier* to London to negotiate the transfer of the HBC territory to Canadian title, effective 1 Dec. 1869. And as minister

O’Callaghan*, and George-Étienne Cartier*. The mayor of Montreal, Jacques Viger