Background
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.
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Antoine Cartier
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Career
He represented Saint-Hyacinthe in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative. He qualified as a doctor in 1872 and practised in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Coaticook and Sainte-Madeleine. 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 was his great-uncle.
A son, Jacques Narcisse Cartier, served as an airman in the first World War.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative