Denis-Benjamin Viger

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Canadian politician human nationalist leader

Denis-Benjamin Viger was a 19th-century Canadian lawyer, politician, and nationalist leader from Lower Canada who played a key role in advocating for French-Canadian rights and later served as Joint Premier of the Province of Canada.

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Denis-Benjamin Viger canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian politician ⓘ human ⓘ nationalist leader ⓘ
advocatedFor	preservation of French language rights in Lower Canada ⓘ protection of French civil law in Lower Canada ⓘ responsible government in British North America ⓘ
areaOfActivity	journalism ⓘ law ⓘ politics ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroup	French Canadian NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Viger NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Denis-Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
ideology	French-Canadian nationalism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ
memberOf	Parti canadien NERFINISHED ⓘ Parti patriote NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy for French-Canadian rights ⓘ leadership in Lower Canada nationalism ⓘ role in constitutional debates in Lower Canada ⓘ
notableRole	moderate leader among the Patriotes ⓘ spokesman for French-Canadian interests in the united Province of Canada ⓘ
occupation	journalist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
partOf	political history of Lower Canada ⓘ political history of the Province of Canada ⓘ
politicalAlignment	French-Canadian nationalism ⓘ
politicalTerritory	Canada East NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Joint Premier of the Province of Canada ⓘ Premier of Canada East ⓘ member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
region	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedOn	constitutional reform in the Province of Canada ⓘ defense of seigneurial rights ⓘ

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Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → notableMember → Denis-Benjamin Viger ⓘ