Thursday, October 12, 2017

Read Some Fascinating Facts On The Fathers Of Confederation

By Ryan Turner


A confederation is a type of organization that has a large number of parties that chose to unite as an official league or alliance. This particular alliance consists of thirty six men who were able to attend the meetings held in Charlottetown and Quebec in the year eighteen sixty four. The purpose of this event was to discuss matters involving the Canadian Confederation, wherein they planned to unite all alliances to become an independent community.

Despite its formation long ago, the contributions they made to society are still being felt and implemented to this day. If they had not banded together all those years ago, the country would not be what it has become today. Furthermore, this was only made possible through the participation of various individuals. As such, the succeeding paragraphs will be relaying some engrossing details on the Fathers of Confederation.

Sir Adams George Archibald is one of the participants of this alliance and is born on the third of May in eighteen fourteen. This man is a lawyer and was also a well regarded politician who is given the title of their Father of Confederation. Furthermore, he is also known as the first ever lieutenant governor of Manitoba. His province is Nova Scotia where he grew up and spent most of his life in.

George Brown is a Scottish national, but was born and raised in Canada. He is best known as a reform politician, who is responsible for creating the Toronto Globe. During its time of publication, it was regarded as the most influential and popular newspaper in the country and Brown was its founder and chief editor. Due to his work, national unity was achieved and enforced throughout the country.

An Ontario politician native is Alexander Campbell, who is best known for being an upper statesman. Even though Alexander was not born in this country, Alexander was brought here with his father when he was only twelve months old. Yorkshire is his hometown but Ontario is where he grew up and attended law school, ending in a partnership upon completion of their board examination.

A popular movement and community was the Newfoundland Colony. This was headed by Sir Frederick Terrington Carter during the time he worked in office in 1870. Like many of his blood relatives, he also pursued a profession law while dabbling a little bit in politics. At some point, he was awarded the KCMG title, a prestigious and highly regarded title.

A native of New Brunswick is Edward Barron Chandler, is known as one of the most prominent lawyers. This is due to the fact that Edward was a part of the United Empire Loyalist family and was heavily regarded as a political figure in society and many communities. He was a part of the legislative council in his province and was a heavy supporter of movements like the railway development.

James Cockburn is another politician who often emphasized his conservative views. His family moved when he was 13 years old. Because of his extensive knowledge, he was given an important position by the government.

George Coles was another professional who dabbed in politics during his career. Even though he had very little formal education, he pursued agriculture and various businesses when he was only eighteen. This man was involved in the brewing industry and went onto become a very successful brewer and a merchant.




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