Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, an MP who voted in favour of Confederation and was Canada's first minister of finance, is credited as the prime mover for the...
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Delivered shortly after the Quebec Conference of October 1864, Alexander Galt presents the coalition government's comprehensive official...
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Despite the century-and-a-half that separates us, Alexander Galt and I share a common background. We both live or lived in Quebec's Eastern...
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I.-September 11,1864- Constitutional Convention at Charlottetown, P.E.I., of Delegates from the Legislature of Canada,...
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MLI's signature initiative to celebrate the legacy of Confederation – and the home of the five-part Confederation Series authored by Alastair Gillespie.
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George Brown, journalist, politician, senator, cattle breeder (born 29 November 1818 in Alloa, Scotland; died 9 May 1880 in Toronto, ON).
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Canada's founders were a not-so-motley crew of mostly lawyers and businessmen, with the odd doctor, journalist and pharmacist thrown in for...
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ABBOTT, Sir JOHN JOSEPH CALDWELL, lawyer, businessman, educator, politician, militia officer, and gentleman farmer; b. 12 March 1821 in St Andrews...
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Delegates at the Quebec conference drafted a document that provided the constitutional framework for confederation: the 72 resolutions.
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Containing the Subjects of Euclid's first Four Books. New Edition, following the Syllabus of the Geometrical Association. By JM WILSON, MA
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