saltpetre and sulphur do not whiten what is black!”
In March 1834 Duvernay had joined with George-Étienne
militia of Canada East. It was to him that George-Étienne Cartier*, attorney general of Canada East, turned in 1864 to undertake new
sisters, Hortense, who wedded George-Étienne Cartier* in 1846, and Hectorine. Through his wife, whom he married under the regime of
Canadian government in Paris, and Hortense married George-Étienne Cartier*, whom
FARIBAULT, GEORGES-BARTHÉLEMI, lawyer, public servant, and bibliographer; b
Railroad through Sherbrooke in 1853, explains Felton’s defeat. At this time Galt was also solicitor general in the cabinet of George-Étienne
Île, stricken with typhus in 1847 [see George Mellis
a coalition with George-Étienne Cartier*’s Bleus and John A
Brydges*, Luther Hamilton Holton*, George-Étienne Cartier*, John
George-Étienne Cartier*. On 29 April 1937 his cottage in Sainte
.
Foster entered politics in 1858 as a follower of George-Étienne Cartier when he was elected in a by
reached the upper echelons of the small public service of his time. George-Étienne Cartier*, who became minister of militia and defence in
Gagnon married Catherine Cartier, daughter of a prosperous farmer from Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie (L’Acadie). He already owned two properties and had at his disposal more than 14,000 livres
. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier, but not uncritically. At the same time Macdonald, with his usual perspicacity, in confidence remarked, “You
Resolutions in the assembly. Garneau assisted Étienne Parent*, the guiding spirit of the
he was returned by acclamation as a Liberal-Conservative and solid supporter of George-Étienne Cartier*. Shortly after confederation
. Macdonald* and Sir George-Étienne Cartier*. Active in several federal election campaigns in Montreal, Gault was himself induced to
Gauthier, Georges (baptized Louis-Antoine-Alexandre
was located in Verchères, the first electoral district that George-Étienne Cartier* contested and won, in 1848. Girard had helped