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George-Étienne Cartier

1814 - 1873

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Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, (pronounced [ʒɔʁʒ etjɛn kaʁtje]; September 6, 1814 – May 20, 1873) was a Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling—is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III. In the years leading up to Confederation, Cartier was a dominant figure in the politics of Canada East as leader of the Parti bleu. In 1838, he returned to Montreal after a year in exile for his role in the Lower Canada Rebellion. He officially entered politics in 1848. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George-Étienne Cartier is the 16,335th most popular politician (down from 15,714th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Canada (down from 469th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among politicians, George-Étienne Cartier ranks 16,335 out of 19,576. Before him are Sæberht of Essex, Ernest Shonekan, Manuel Murillo Toro, Anthony W. Gardiner, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, and Jerónimo Saavedra. After him are Adriano Directo Emperado, Anatole Collinet Makosso, Francisco Linares Alcántara, Bruno Gollnisch, Tytila of East Anglia, and Muhammad Osman Said.

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Among people born in 1814, George-Étienne Cartier ranks 73. Before him are Dimitrios Valvis, Nicolaas Beets, Oskar Kolberg, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, Samuel J. Tilden, and Franz von Dingelstedt. After him are Lorenzo Snow, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, John C. Pemberton, and Cajetan von Felder. Among people deceased in 1873, George-Étienne Cartier ranks 74. Before him are Stephen Mallory, and Per Georg Scheutz. After him are Charles Allston Collins, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Sarah Moore Grimké, Tekle Giyorgis II, William J. Hardee, John W. Geary, and Hamilton Hume.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, George-Étienne Cartier ranks 558 out of 1,622. Before him are Jill Hennessy (1968), Kelly Rowan (1965), Charles Scicluna (1959), Jeanne Sauvé (1922), Sarah Carter (1980), and Edward Archibald (1884). After him are Kenny Wheeler (1930), Lucile Watson (1879), Archibald MacKinnon (1937), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (1975), Gil Bellows (1967), and Leslie Hope (1965).

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