Antoine-Paul Cartier
Antoine-Paul Cartier (June 17, 1849 – July 9, 1934) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Saint-Hyacinthe in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative.
He was born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East, the son of Narcisse Cartier and Marguerite Chagnon, and was educated at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Université Cobourg-Victoria in Montreal. He qualified as a doctor in 1872 and practised in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Coaticook and Sainte-Madeleine. In 1872, he married Marie-Louise-Ernestine Lenoblet Duplessis. Cartier was mayor of Sainte-Madeleine from 1903 to 1912 and also served as warden for . He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1897 and also ran unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1900 and 1908. Cartier died in Saint-Hyacinthe at the age of 85 and was buried in Sainte-Madeleine.
George-Étienne Cartier was his great-uncle.
A son, Jacques Narcisse Cartier, served as an airman in the first World War.[1]
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External links[]
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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- ^ Jacques Narcisse Cartier - Canadian Great War Project
- Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs
- Mayors of places in Quebec
- 1849 births
- 1934 deaths
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