Georges-Isidore Barthe (November 16, 1834 – August 11, 1900) was a

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

lawyer, publisher, journalist, and political figure. He represented

Richelieu Richelieu (, ; ) may refer to: People * Cardinal Richelieu (Armand-Jean du Plessis, 1585–1642), Louis XIII's chief minister * Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian bishop and Cardinal * Louis François Armand ...

in the

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as an

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from 1870 to 1872 and 1874 to 1878. He was born Isidore Barthe in Restigouche (now Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation),

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...

, in 1834 and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He articled in law and was called to the bar in 1856. With a partner, he published a newspaper ''Le Bas-Canada'' which advocated an independent Lower Canada; he went on to publish several other newspapers. Barthe was the first secretary-treasurer for

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

in 1855 to 1857. In 1861, he married Joséphine-Charlotte, the daughter of

Jean-Baptiste Meilleur Jean-Baptiste Meilleur (May 8, 1796 – December 6, 1878) was a doctor, educator and political figure in Lower Canada, Canada East, and Quebec. He was born at Petite-Côte in Saint-Laurent, Lower Canada on the Island of Montreal in 1796, the s ...

. He was elected mayor of Sorel in 1864. Barthe was elected to represent Richelieu in an 1870 by-election after the death of Thomas McCarthy; he was defeated in 1872 but reelected in 1874. In 1882, Barthe returned to Trois-Rivières. From 1887 to 1894, he served as magistrate in the district court of Trois-Rivières. In 1894, he founded ''L'Indépendance canadienne'' which advocated a more decentralized Canadian union. In 1897, he was named official translator for the House of Commons. He died in Ottawa in 1900. His brother Joseph-Guillaume was also a lawyer and journalist and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.

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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barthe, Georges-Isidore 1834 births 1900 deaths People from Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Mayors of places in Quebec Independent Conservative MPs in the Canadian House of Commons

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