Produced by Jason Isbell, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) THE MAKERS OF CANADA EDITED BY DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT, F.R.S.C., PELHAM EDGAR, PH.D., AND, WILLIAM DAWSON LE SUEUR, B.A., LL.D., F.R.S.C. WILMOT AND TILLEY [Illustration: L. A. Wilmot] _THE MAKERS OF CANADA_ WILMOT AND TILLEY BY JAMES HANNAY _EDITION DE LUXE_ TORONTO MORANG & CO., LIMITED 1907 _Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1907 by Morang & Co., Limited, in the Department of Agriculture_ Transcriber's Notes: Unique page headings have been retained, placed within {braces} and positioned before the relevant paragraphs. Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Variant spellings have been retained. Inconsistent hyphenation has been standardised. The oe ligature is represented by [oe]. CONTENTS LEMUEL ALLAN WILMOT _CHAPTER I_ Page ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE 1 _CHAPTER II_ EARLY EFFORTS FOR REFORM 13 _CHAPTER III_ WILMOT IN THE LEGISLATURE 31 _CHAPTER IV_ WILMOT AS A DELEGATE TO THE COLONIAL OFFICE 41 _CHAPTER V_ LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON TENURE OF OFFICE 57 _CHAPTER VI_ THE READE APPOINTMENT 67 _CHAPTER VII_ WILMOT'S VIEWS ON EDUCATION 83 _CHAPTER VIII_ THE DEMAND FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT 99 _CHAPTER IX_ THE VICTORY IS WON 113 _CHAPTER X_ JUDGE AND GOVERNOR 131 SIR LEONARD TILLEY _CHAPTER I_ EARLY LIFE AND BUSINESS CAREER 143 _CHAPTER II_ ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE 159 _CHAPTER III_ THE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW 171 _CHAPTER IV_ REFORM AND PROGRESS 183 _CHAPTER V_ THE INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY 195 _CHAPTER VI_ THE MOVEMENT FOR MARITIME UNION 201 _CHAPTER VII_ THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE 215 _CHAPTER VIII_ DEFEAT OF CONFEDERATION 231 _CHAPTER IX_ TILLEY AGAIN IN POWER 239