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Fathers of Confederation
Fathers of Confederation-1 The Fathers of Confederation at the Quebec Conference, October, 1864, who drafted the basic plan for the federal union of Canada. The original of this famous painting by Robert Harris was destroyed in the 1916 Parliament buildings fire.
ID #20024
Macdonald, John Alexander
John A. Macdonald Coming to Canada as a boy with his Scottish parents, John Alexander Macdonald (1815-1891) went into law and politics, becoming provincial premier in 1856 and by 1867 Canada's first Prime Minister.
ID #20709
Sir John A. Macdonald Sir John A. Macdonald at an open-air Toronto election meeting, 1878, campaigning for the "National Policy" of protective tariffs.
ID #20741
Mackenzie, Alexander
Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892), from Sarnia, Ontario, was Prime Minister of Canada, 1873-1878.
ID #20737
Tupper, Charles
Dr. Charles Tupper Dr. Charles Tupper (1821-1915), from Amherst, Nova Scotia, studied medicine before entering provincial politics in 1855 and helping bring Nova Scotia into the Canadian Confederation.
ID #20711
Bowell, Mackenzie
Mackenzie Bowell Mackenzie Bowell, a Belleville, Ontario newspaper owner, M.P. from 1867, minister of customs under John A. Macdonald, and Canadian Prime Minister 1894-1896.
ID #20775
Laurier, Wilfrid
A Young Wilfrid Laurier The young Wilfrid Laurier, born in Lower Canada in 1841, as a rising Quebec Liberal and distinguished in law and journalism.
ID #20774
A Mature Wilfried Laurier A mature Wilfrid Laurier, national statesman, electioneering in Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario, in the opening twentieth century, as he worked to shape an ever-growing Canada.
ID #20776
Borden, Robert Laird
Robert Borden Robert Borden (1854-1937), Nova Scotia-born, he entered provincial parliament in 1896, took command of the federal Conservative party in 1901, and was Canadian Prime Minister, 1911-1920.
ID #20828
Bennett, Richard Bedford
Richard B. Bennett Richard Bedford Bennett (1870-1947), Calgary lawyer, entered federal Parliament in 1912, party leader in 1927, and Canadian Prime Minister, 1930-1935.
ID #20186
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