Alexander Tilloch Galt
Appearance
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Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, GCMG CB PC (Born September 6, 1817, died September 19, 1893) was a politician and a father of the Canadian Confederation.
He began working in Canada with the British American Land Company in Lower Canada's Eastern Townships. He was angry about the political deadlock in the united legislature of Canada East (Québec) and Canada West (Ontario). He first supported annexation to the United States, but later worked for a federal union of the British North American colonies. After Confederation, he moved from electoral politics into diplomacy. He continued to promote development in the Eastern Townships and later in southern Alberta.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
Categories:
- 1817 births
- 1893 deaths
- Canadian businesspeople
- Canadian politicians
- Knights Bachelor
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Order of St Michael and St George
- People from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Privy Councillors (Canada)