Antoine-Paul Cartier was a physician and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Saint-Hyacinthe

Saint-Hyacinthe (provincial electoral district)

Saint-Hyacinthe is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montérégie region, the riding includes the city of Saint-Hyacinthe as well as the municipalities of Saint-Damase, Saint-Dominique and Saint-Liboire...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative.

He was born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

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, Canada East

Canada East

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, the son of Narcisse Cartier and Marguerite Chagnon, and was educated at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Université Cobourg-Victoria in Montreal

Montreal

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. He qualified as a doctor in 1872 and practised in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Coaticook

Coaticook, Quebec

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 and Sainte-Madeleine

Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec

Sainte-Madeleine is a village in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,175.-Population:Population trend-Language:Mother tongue language ...

. 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 Saint-Hyacinthe County. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1897 and was 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

George-Étienne Cartier

Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a French-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....

was his great-uncle.

A son, Jacques Narcisse Cartier, served as an airman in the first World War.

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