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igniorial Tenure, 350. =E= Causes of Rebellion, 17, 75, 76; his dangerous eloquence, 17-18; an agitator rather than a statesman, 20; fights for an elective Council, 21; mistaken attitude, 22; returns from exile, 50, 91; elected to Parliament, 50; his career in Parliament, 50-51; Elgin's antipathy for, 56, 57, 72, 73; contrasted with Mackenzie, 91, 92; controls Legislature of Lower Canada, 97; opposes development of St. Lawrence, 97, 98; forms _Parti Rouge_, 108, 109; factious opposition to law increasing representation, 117; held responsible by Cartier for amendment to Union Act, 122; his defeat and retirement from public life, 134; aftermath of Rebellion, 190. =Bk= Elected to the Lower Canada Legislature, 117. =C= His influence on Cartier, 1, 5; his St. Charles meeting, 3; standing as a statesman, 23; founds Democratic party, 26; advocates reforms, but crosses limits of constitutional agitation, 96. =Md= Heads Rebellion of 1837, in Lower Canada, 7; Cartier goes to United States with, after defeat of rebels, 266; in struggle against political domination of priesthood, 45. =Mc= Visited by Mackenzie, 288; addresses meetings, 328; amnestied, 474. _See also_ Rebellion of 1837. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_. =Pardoe, Avern= (1845- ). =B= Librarian of Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 255; a witness of the shooting of George Brown by Bennett, 255-256. =Parent, Etienne= (1801-1874). Born at Beauport, near Quebec. Educated at the Seminary of Quebec, and at the College of Nicolet. In 1822 editor of _Le Canadien_, but resigned, 1825, to study law. After being called to the bar and practising for a short time, abandoned the profession on his appointment as French translator to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. In 1831 editor of _Le Canadien_, and held the position for eleven years. During the Rebellion of 1837-1838 strongly supported the extreme measures of Papineau, and imprisoned in Quebec jail. In 1841 elected to the Assembly for Saguenay. In 1842 appointed clerk of the Executive Council; and in 1847 assistant secretary for Lower Canada. =Index=: =P= Applies name of Chouayens to those who would not follow Papineau, 68; withdraws from Papineau's party, 117; denounced by _La Minerve_ as a traitor, 123. =Bib.=: Christie, _History of Lower Canada_. =Paris, Treaty of.= Between England and France, signed 1763. Ceded Canada to Britain, France retaini
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