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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George-Étienne Cartier has received more than 389,422 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George-Étienne Cartier is the 15,717th most popular politician (down from 14,649th in 2019), the 469th most popular biography from Canada (down from 465th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George-Étienne Cartier ranks 15,717 out of 19,576Before him are Dmytro Firtash, Pandurang Vaman Kane, Kari Lake, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Vladimir Konstantinov, and Zenonis. After him are Francisco Mendes, Dean Barrow, Corine Mauch, Sicard of Benevento, John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, and Spyridon Athanasopoulos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, George-Étienne Cartier ranks 69Before him are Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen, Dimitrios Valvis, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, Samuel J. Tilden, Ludwig Schläfli, and Jānis Cimze. After him are José Posada Herrera, Charles Mackay, John C. Pemberton, Lorenzo Snow, Zsigmond Kemény, and Franz von Dingelstedt. Among people deceased in 1873, George-Étienne Cartier ranks 74Before him are Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Gustav Rose, Robert McClure, John Torrey, 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, and Tekle Giyorgis II.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, George-Étienne Cartier ranks 469 out of 1,622Before him are Robert Pickton (1949), Paul Grégoire (1911), David James Elliott (1960), François Legault (1957), Pauline Marois (1949), and Barbara Ann Scott (1928). After him are Chad Kroeger (1974), Wendy Crewson (1956), Tom Taylor (1880), Sarah Carter (1980), Dwight Lodeweges (1957), and Myrtle Cook (1902).

Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, George-Étienne Cartier ranks 38Before him are Patricia Jones (1930), Brock Chisholm (1896), Nancy Greene Raine (1943), Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879), François Legault (1957), and Pauline Marois (1949). After him are Myrtle Cook (1902), Jennifer Granholm (1959), Ian Millar (1947), John Sparrow David Thompson (1845), Gaétan Boucher (1958), and Marc Garneau (1949).