biography
| name: |
Cartier, Sir Georges Etienne
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pronunciation:
[kah(r)tyay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1814–73)
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| biography:
| Canadian statesman and prime minister (1858–62), born in Antoine, Quebec, SE Canada. A lawyer by profession, he became attorney general for Lower Canada in 1856, and was joint prime minister with Sir John A Macdonald. He worked for Canadian confederation and expansion in the West. |
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