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The Sir George-Étienne Cartier Monument is a monument by sculptor George William Hill (1862–1934), with depiction of George-Étienne Cartier, located in Mount Royal Park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Le monument à George-Étienne Cartier, à Montréal, est un monument national célébrant un des pères de la constitution canadienne : George-Étienne Cartier. Réalisé par George William Hill en 1919, il est situé sur le flanc est du mont Royal, à l'ouest du parc Jeanne-Mance.
Commandé pour commémorer le centième anniversaire de naissance de Sir George-Étienne Cartier (1814-1873), ce monument a été financé grâce à des dons amassés par souscription publique et recueillis dans tout l’Empire britannique ainsi qu’aux Etats-Unis.
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George-Étienne Cartier was born on September 6, 1814, in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada (now Quebec). Cartier attended the Petit Séminaire de Montréal from 1824 to 1832. He was called to the bar in 1834 where he began to practise his profession. He was also involved in the railway business, and Grand Trunk Railwaywas one of his legal cli...
Upon the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867, Macdonald became prime minister, and Cartier was his Minister of Militia and Defence. As the law of the time allowed a dual mandate in both the federal and provincial governments, Cartier ran in the 1867 Quebec provincial election in Montréal-Est electoral district. Cartier was elected as a Conse...
In 1871, Cartier experienced the first symptom of Bright's Disease, a kidney disease. After the 1872 election, Cartier travelled to London hoping to find a cure. His health did not improve and he died in London on May 20, 1873, at the age of 58. He was unable to pay a visit to his Manitoba riding where he was acclaimed a Member of Parliament. His b...
George-Étienne Cartier married Hortense Fabre, daughter of Édouard-Raymond Fabre, former mayor of Montreal, on June 16, 1846. The couple had three children, all girls, one of whom died in infancy, and one in 1886. After she was widowed, Lady Cartier enjoyed a pension of $1,200 in recognition of her husband's services. When Caroline, the eldest daug...
The entry of Canada East (Quebec) into the Confederation is Cartier's most significant contribution to his country. Following the rebellions in 1837/1838 and the Durham Report, Upper and Lower Canada were merged into a single colony. Great Britain had begun to loosen its ties to the North American colonies. The United States was becoming more and m...
To celebrate the part he played in the country's development, Cartier was created a baronet, of Montreal, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom by Queen Victoria in 1868. Since he had no legal heirs, the Cartier baronetcy became extinct on his death. In addition, he had the prenominal "the Honourable" and the postnominal "PC" for life by virtue o...
Sweeny, Alastair (1976). George-Étienne Cartier: A Biography. McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-8363-7."Biography of George-Étienne Cartier". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.Bonenfant, J.-C. (1972). "Cartier, Sir George-Étienne". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.Sweeny, Alastair (August 28, 2015) [January 16, 2008]. "Sir George-Étienne Cartier". The Canadian Encyclopedia(online ed.). Historica Canada.Alastair Sweeny, George-Étienne Cartier: A Biography Web version[permanent dead link]May 25, 2023 · The George-Étienne-Cartier Monument at the base of Mount Royal Park on Parc Avenue is another great spot to visit: the tallest monument in the city, it was erected in 1919 and is made of bronze and granite.
The restoration of the Sir George-Étienne Cartier monument required the selection and validation of numerous concrete repair materials, as well as unusual and innovative concrete repair methods, including: • Hiring of artists to design and build formwork for the terrace and stairs of the monument;
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A number of proposals for a monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier were made in the years following his death in 1873. However, it was not until 1912 that a national competition was launched. Nine sculptors made submissions, including Alfred Laliberté and Georges William Hill.
