The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the DominionColquhoun, A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart)
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The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion
Colquhoun, A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart)
Canada -- History -- 1841-1867
Dominion of Canada, the, source and extent of, 1-2; her constitution
compared, 65-6, 125-7; her government representative of all parts of
the country, 144; the naming of, 127-9; the forming of the first
ministry, 137-8, 144-6; the first general elections, 152-153; the
Hudson's Bay Company, 158-60; the Red River Rebellion, 159, 161-8; her
Imperialism, 190. See Canada, Confederation, Parliament.
Dorchester, Lord, and Confederation, 2-4.
Dorion, A. A., his opposition to Confederation, 28, 40, 42, 89, 92, 183.
Draper, Chief Justice, 22.
Dunkin, Christopher, his opposition to Confederation, 42, 89, 91.
Durham, Lord, his scheme of union, 9-10.
Edward VII, his visit to Canada, 23-4.
Fathers of Confederation, the, 62 n.-63 n.; the leaders honoured,
147-50; an estimate of their work, 177-90. See Confederation.
Fenian invasion, the, and Confederation, 113, 118.
Ferrier, James, 43.
Fisher, Charles, a father of Confederation, 63 n., 122, 130
Foster, W. A., 167.
Fournier, Telesphore, 42.
Galt, A. T., forces Confederation out of the sphere of speculation,
17-19, 34-8, 40, 50-1, 57, 62 n., 80, 86, 93, 106, 122, 132-3, 145,
181; his views on the ultimate destiny of Canada, 74, 148-9; desires to
extend educational privileges to all minorities, 132-3; K.C.M.G.,
147-50; his personality, 17-18, 132, 152 n., 183.
George III, and the American Revolution, 1.
Gladstone, W. E., favours cession of Canada to United States, 119.
Gordon, A. H., lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 55, 103, 104,
111-12, 113-14.
Gourlay, Robert, and Confederation, 6.
Gray, J. H. (P.E.I.), a father of Confederation, 49, 63 n.
Gray, J. H. (N.B.), a father of Confederation, 49, 59-61, 63 n., 81.
Great Britain: the Union Bill of 1822, 7; her colonial policy in 1852,
15; the Hudson's Bay Company, 22, 158-9; the 'Trent' Affair, 25; her
interest in Confederation, 26-27, 108-13, 170; opinions in regarding
the ultimate destiny of Canada, 110-11, 119-122; her consideration for
United States, 119, 128.
Granville, Lord, colonial secretary, 149, 172.
Grenville, Lord, and Dorchester's proposal, 3, 6.
Grey, Earl, governor-general, 15.
Haliburton, Robert, on opinion in Nova Scotia regarding Confederation,
100-1.
Halifax, the Canadian delegates entertained at, 48, 52-4.
Halliburton, Brenton, 8.
Hamilton, P. S., 15.
Hathaway, George, 99.
Haviland, T. Heath, a father of Confederation, 63 n.
Head, Sir Edmund, governor of Canada, 18.
Henry, William A., a father of Confederation, 49, 62 n., 122, 130, 153.
Hind, Prof. Henry Youle, 161.
Holton, Luther H., opposes Confederation, 28, 40, 42, 89, 183; on Sir
John Macdonald, 179.
House of Commons, the basis of representation in, 77. See Parliament.
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