PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - CARTIER, The Hon. Sir George-Étienne, P.C., Q.C.

Notes: Father of Confederation; attended the Charlottetown (Sept. 1864), Quebec (Oct. 1864) and London (Dec. 1866) conferences.
Grandson of Jacques Cartier, member of the Quebec Legislative Assembly (1804-09);
great-uncle of Antoine-Paul Cartier, member of the Quebec Legislative Assembly (1892-97);
and nephew by marriage of Louis-Édouard Hubert, member of the Quebec Legislative Assembly (1800-04) and of Ovide Perrault, member of the Quebec Legislative Assembly (1834-37).

Federal Political Experience

Years of Service: 2070 Days (5 years, 8 months, 1 days)

^ House of Commons

Constituency	Political Affiliation at Election	Date of Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	Result
Montreal East, Quebec	Liberal-Conservative	1872.10.12 During the general election of 1872, elections in the constituencies were held at various times between 1872-07-20 and 1872-10-12.	Defeated
Provencher, Manitoba Died in office.	Liberal-Conservative	1872.10.12 During the general election of 1872, elections in the constituencies were held at various times between 1872-07-20 and 1872-10-12.	Elected
Montreal East, Quebec	Liberal-Conservative	1867.09.20 During the general election of 1867, elections in the constituencies were held at various times between 1867-08-07 and 1867-09-20.	Elected

^ Parliamentary Group (Caucus)

Party	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)
Liberal-Conservative	1867.09.20 - 1873.05.20

^ Offices and Roles as a Parliamentarian

Minister

Portfolio	Term (yyyy.mm.dd)
Minister of Militia and Defence Died in office.	1867.07.01 - 1873.05.20