Morin Augustin Norbert 1803-1865 Born In St Michel Quebec

Educated at the Seminary of Quebec, and called to the bar of Lower

Canada, 1828. Elected to the Assembly, 1830; commissioner of crown lands

in the La Fontaine-Baldwin administration, 1842-1843; Speaker of the

House, 1848. In 1851 joined Francis Hincks in forming an administration,

Hincks being premier, and Morin provincial secretary until 1853;

commissioner of crown lands, 1853. Appointed judge of the Superior Court

of Lower Canada, 1855; a commissioner for codifying the laws of Lower

Canada, 1859. =Index=: (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) On the union, 57; meets Hincks, 63; his

letters to Hincks, 79; member for Nicolet, relations with Reform party

in Upper Canada, 79; supports Cavillier for Speaker, 1841, 87;

commissioner of crown lands, 134; elected for two constituencies, 1844,

252; Draper attempts to secure his support, 259; elected Speaker, 1848,

283; occupies the chair at farewell banquet to La Fontaine, 354; joint

premiership with Hincks, 359. (George Brown Era) Brown acknowledges his services in

cause of responsible government, 67. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Sides against the government,

7; his standing as a statesman, 23; forms alliance with Upper Canadian

Conservatives, 99-100. (Lord Elgin era) Member of first La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry,

32; his character, 32; refuses seat in Draper government, 43; elected in

1848, 50; opposed by Papineau, 51; forms ministry with Hincks, 113;

commissioner of crown lands in reconstructed ministry, 126, 127;

defeated in Terrebonne, 1854, 133; his conservative influence in Lower

Canada, 138; forms coalition government with MacNab, 140, 141; favours

secularization of Clergy Reserves, 166-167; member of Seigniorial Court,

187; his services as a statesman, 236. (Lord Sydenham era) His letter to Hincks, 294.

(Louis Joseph Papineau era) Joins Papineau's party, 78; drafts "Ninety-Two Resolutions," 85;

supports Papineau in his violent attitude towards government, 86; at

meeting of Constitutional Committee, 1834, 88; in the Assembly, 100-109;

his articles in La Minerve, 101. (Sir John A Macdonald era) Forms administration with

Hincks, 47; their administration defeated on a technicality, 47;

accepts, in 1855, a seat on the bench, 74. =Bib.=: Morgan, Cel. Can.;

Dent, Last Forty Years; Hincks, Reminiscences.