ent, and in 1848 became commissioner of public
works. Held the position of receiver-general from 1849 to 1856.
Appointed to Legislative Council, 1856; subsequently elected Speaker;
shortly after became premier, with John A. Macdonald as attorney-general
and leader of the lower House. In 1858 visited England; knighted by
Queen Victoria; appointed to the honorary rank of colonel in the British
army, and made an aide-de-camp to the queen. For a few months in 1864
became premier in conjunction with Macdonald, but on the defeat of the
government retired from public life. =Index=: =C= Replaces Morin in
Liberal-Conservative administration, 33; with Cartier, induces Grand
Trunk to extend line from Quebec to Riviere du Loup, 49; intrusted by
Lord Monck with duty of forming a Cabinet, 68; alliance with Upper
Canadian Conservatives, 99. =BL= Chief commissioner of public works, in
second La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 284; in Assembly for six years
(1841-1846), held office of deputy adjutant-general, given seat in
Legislative Council, 284-285. =E= Chief commissioner of public works in
La Fontaine-Baldwin Cabinet, 53; his historic saying as to British
supremacy in America, 56; a Liberal leader in Lower Canada, 109;
receiver-general in Hincks-Morin government, 113; retains same office in
reconstructed ministry in 1853, 126. =B= Challenges Brown to publish
Cardinal Wiseman's pastoral in the _Globe_, 44; said to have advised
Roman Catholics to oppose secularization of Clergy Reserves, 48; forms
ministry, 1864, 149; leads coalition government, 159; presents case for
Confederation in Upper Chamber, 169; his death, July 30, 1865, 189; his
character, 189; his prejudice against the Rouges, 200. =R= Introduces
Separate School Bill, 230. =Md= Takes Morin's place in the Cabinet, 74;
forms administration with Macdonald, 1856, 80; failing health forces him
to resign, 83; induced to leave his retirement, and form another
administration with Macdonald, which lasts only a few weeks, 90-91;
chairman of Confederation Conference held at Quebec, 104; his death,
122. =T= His government weak, and defeated in 1864, 69; delegate to
Quebec Conference, 76; president of Conference, 77. =Bib.=: Morgan,
_Cel. Can._; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Taylor, _Brit.
Am._

=Tadoussac.= A town in Saguenay County, Quebec, situated at the
confluence of the Saguenay River with the St. Lawrence. Founded in 1599
by Chauvin, and visited by Champlain in 1603 and 16