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administrations, raised to the bench, 1848. =Index=: =Sy= Opposed to
union of provinces, 235. =BL= Member for Portneuf, his relations with
Reform party in Upper Canada, 79; supports Cuvillier for speakership,
1841, 87; his attitude as to debt for public works, 99; denounces
government, 130; becomes solicitor-general for Lower Canada, 134;
elected for Quebec, 1844, 252; his bitter attack on Metcalfe on his
elevation to peerage, 257; solicitor-general, 284. =E= One of opposition
leaders in 1847, 45; returned in 1847 elections, 50; solicitor-general
for Lower Canada in La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 53; member of
Seigniorial Court, 187. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty
Years_.

=Babbitt, Samuel.= =T= Master of Madras School, Gagetown, New Brunswick,
5; also clerk of the parish, 5.

=Baby, James= (1762-1833). Born at Detroit. Educated at Quebec Seminary,
and in 1784 travelled in Europe. On his return the following year
engaged in the fur trade at Detroit. On the formation of the province of
Upper Canada in 1791, appointed a member of the Executive and
Legislative Councils. Simcoe made him lieutenant for the county of Kent
and judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Commanded the 1st Regiment of
Kent militia in the War of 1812. In 1815 succeeded McGill as
inspector-general of accounts for Upper Canada. =Index=: =Bk= His house
occupied by General Hull, 209, 229. =S= Member of Legislative and
Executive Councils, 79. =Bib.=: Daniel, _Nos Gloires Nationales_;
Morgan, _Cel. Can._

=Baby, Louis Francois Georges= (1834-1906). Born in Montreal. Studied
law and called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1857; made a Q.C., 1873.
Represented Joliette in Dominion House, 1872-1880; minister of inland
revenue, 1878-1880. Appointed puisne judge of Superior Court of Quebec,
1880; transferred to Queen's Bench, 1881. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._;
Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Back, Sir George= (1796-1878). Entered the navy as midshipman in 1808;
accompanied Franklin on his Arctic expeditions of 1818, 1819-1822, and
1824-1827. Promoted lieutenant, 1822, and commander, 1827. In 1833-1835,
led an expedition through what is now northern Canada, to the shores of
the Arctic, to ascertain the fate of Captain Ross. The expedition
resulted in the exploration of Great Fish River, which was renamed Back
River in honour of the explorer. In 1836 explored the Arctic coast,
between Regent Inlet and Cape Turnagain. Twice granted the gold medal of
the Royal Geograph