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Denis-Benjamin Viger

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Lower Canadian politician (1774-1861)

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Denis-Benjamin Viger was a 19th-century politician, lawyer, and newspaper publisher in Lower Canada, who served as joint premier of the Province of Canada for over two years.

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Maison Dénis-Benjamin Viger, 376, rue Cherrier, Île Bizard, Montreal[7]Maison Dénis-Benjamin Viger, 376, rue Cherrier, Île Bizard, Montreal[7]Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, meeting in the Bishop's Chapel, QuebecLegislative Assembly of Lower Canada, meeting in the Bishop's Chapel, QuebecViger's cousin, Louis-Joseph Papineau, who became leader of the Parti canadienViger's cousin, Louis-Joseph Papineau, who became leader of the Parti canadienEarl of Dalhousie, Governor General of British North America, 1820-1828, the target of the Parti canadien in the debate over control of public financesEarl of Dalhousie, Governor General of British North America, 1820-1828, the target of the Parti canadien in the debate over control of public financesAssembly of the Six Counties, October 23, 1837Assembly of the Six Counties, October 23, 1837Front page of La Minerve, around the time of Viger's critique of Bishop Lartigue in August 1837Front page of La Minerve, around the time of Viger's critique of Bishop Lartigue in August 1837Henri Julien's drawing of an armed Patriote in the 1837 RebellionHenri Julien's drawing of an armed Patriote in the 1837 Rebellion

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Denis-Benjamin Viger was a 19th-century politician, lawyer, and newspaper publisher in Lower Canada, who served as joint premier of the Province of Canada for over two years. A leader in the Patriote movement, he was a strong French-Canadian nationalist, but a social conservative in terms of the seigneurial system and the position of the Catholic church in Lower Canada.

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Lived 1774 to 1861 · aged 86
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