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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Of Delegates of the Legislatures of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island and Newfoundland, to settle the Basis of a Union of the British North American Provinces :

Conference held at Charlottetown, 1st September, 1864.

CANADA.

Honorable John A. Macdonald, Q.C., Attorney-General for Upper Canada. Honorable George Brown, President of the Council.

Honorable Alexander Tilloch Galt, Finance Minister.

Honorable George E. Cartier,* Q C., Attorney-General for Lower Canada. Honorable William McDougall, Provincial Secretary.

Honorable Thomas D'Arcy McGee,* Minister of Agriculture.

Honorable Hector Louis Langevin, Q.C., Solicitor-General for Lower Canada.

NOVA SCOTIA.

Honorable Charles Tupper, M.D., Provincial Secretary.

Honorable Wm. Alexander Henry, Q.C., Attorney-General.

Honorable Robert B. Dickey, Q.C., Member of the Legislative Council.

Honorable Jonathan McCully,* Member of the Legislative Council.

Honorable Adams G. Archibald, Q.C., Member of the Provincial Parliament.

NEW RRUNSWICK.

Honorable Samuel Leonard Tilley, Provincial Secretary.

Honorable John M. Johnson,* Q.C., Attorney-General.

Honorable John Hamilton Gray, Q.C., Member of the Provincial Parliament. Honorable Edward Barron Chandler, Q.C., Member of the Legislative

Council.

Honorable William H. Steeves,* Member of the Legislative Council.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Honorable John Hamilton Gray, President of the Council (Chairman.)
Honorable Edward Palmer, Q.C., Attorney-General.

Honorable William Henry Pope, Colonial Secretary.

Honorable George Coles,* Member of the Provincial Parliament.
Honorable A. A. McDonald, Member of the Legislative Council.

Conference held at Quebec, 10th October, 1864.

CANADA.

Honorable Sir Etienne Pascal Tache,* Receiver-General and Minister of

Militia (Chairman)

Honorable John Alexander Macdonald, Q.C., Attorney-General for Upper Canada.

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Since deceased.

CONFEDERATION CONFERENCES-QUEBEC-LONDON.

Honorable George E. Cartier,* Q.C., Attorney General for Lower Canada.
Honorable George Brown, President of Executive Council.

Honorable Oliver Mowatt, Q.C., Postmaster-General.
Honorable Alexander Tilloch Galt, Minister of Finance.

Honorable William MacDougall, Provincial Secretary.

Honorable Jean Charles Chapais, Commissioner of Public Works. Honorable Hector L. Langevin, Q.C., Solicitor-General for Lower Canada. Honorable James Cockburn, Q.C., Solicitor-General for Upper Canada.

NOVA SCOTIA.

Honorable Charles Tupper, M.D., Provincial Secretary.

Honorable Wm. A. Henry, Q.C., Attorney-General.

Honorable Jonathan McCully,* M.L.C., Leader of the Opposition.
Honorable Ropert B. Dickey, Q.C., M.P.P.

Honorable Adams G. Archibald, Q.C., M.P.P.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Honorable Samuel L. Tilley, Provincial and Financial Secretary.
Honorable Wm. H. Steeves,* Member of the Executive Council.
Honorable John M. Johnson,* Q C., Attorney-General.

Honorable Edward Barron Chandler, Q.C., M.L.C.

Lieut.-Colonel Honorable John Hamilton Gray, Q.C., M.P.P.
Honorable Charles Fisher, Q.C., M.P.P.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

Honorable Francis B. T. Carter, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Honorable J. Ambrose Shea, Leader of the Opposition.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Col. the Honorable John Hamilton Gray, Leader of the Government.

Honorable Edward Palmer, Q.C., Attorney-General.

Honorable Wm. H. Pope. Provincial Secretary.

Honorable A. A. McDonald. M.L.C.

Honorable George Coles,* M.P.P., Leader of the Opposition.

Honorable Thomas Heath Haviland, M.P.P.

Honorable Edward Whelan,* M.P.P.

Lieutenant-Colonel HEWITT BERNARD, Secretary.

Conference held in London (England)

Of Delegates to draft a Bill for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, December, 1866

CANADA.

Honorable John Alexander Macdonald, Attorney-General of Upper Canada and Minister of Militia of Canada (Chairman.)

Honorable George Etienne Cartier,* Attorney-General of Lower Canada. Honorable Alexander Tilloch Galt.

*Since deceased.

Honorable William MacDougall, Secretary of the Province of Canada.
Honorable William Pearce Howland, Minister of Finance.
Honorable Hector Louis Langevin, Q.C., Postmaster-General.

NOVA SCOTIA.

Honorable Charles Tupper, M.D., Secretary of the Province.
Honorable Wm. Alexander Henry, Q.C., Attorney-General.
Honorable John Wm. Ritchie, Solicitor-General.

Honorable Jonathan McCully.*

Honorable Adams George Archibald, Q.C.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Honorable Peter Mitchell, President of Council.

Honorable Robert Duncan Wilmot.

Honorable Samuel L. Tilley, Secretary of the Province.
Honorable Charles Fisher, Q.C., Attorney-General.

Honorable John M. Johnson,* Q.C.

Lieut.-Colonel HEWITT BERNARD, Secretary.

Since deceased.

POLITICAL EVENTS SINCE CONFEDERATION.

1867.

July 1st, Dominion Day.-Under Royal Proclamation dated at Windsor, 22nd of May, 1867, the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were Confederated under the title of THE DOMINION OF CANADA. By the same Proclamation the following gentlemen were appointed Senators of the Dominion. For the Province of Ontario: Hon. Messrs, John Hamilton, Roderick Matheson, John Ross, Samuel Mills, Benjamin Seymour, Walter Hamilton Dickson, James Shaw, Adam Johnston Fergusson-Blair, Alexander Campbell, David Christie, James Cox Aikins, David Reesor, Elijah Leonard, William MacMaster, Asa Allworth Burnham, John Simpson, James Skead, David Lewis Macpherson, George Crawford, Donald Macdonald, Oliver Blake, Billa Flint, Walter McCrea, George William Allan. For the Province of Quebec: Hon. Messrs. James Leslie, Asa Belknap Foster, Joseph Noel Bossé, Louis A. Olivier, Jacques Olivier Bureau, Charles Malhiot, Louis Renaud, Luc Letellier de St. Just, Ulric Joseph Tessier, John Hamilton, Charles Cormier, Antoine Juchereau Duschesnay, David Edward Price, Elzear H. J. Duschesnay, Leandre Dumouchel, Louis Lacoste, Joseph F. Armand, Charles Wilson, William Henry Chaffers, Jean Baptiste Gouvremont, James Ferrier, Sir Narcisse Fortunat Belleau, Kt., Thomas Ryan, John Sewell Sanborn. For the Province of Nova Scotia: Hon. Messrs. Edward Kenny, Jonathan McCully, Thomas D. Archibald, Robert B. Dickey, John H. Anderson, John Holmes, John W. Ritchie, Benjamin Wier, John Locke, Caleb R. Bill, John Bourinot, William Miller. For the Province of New Brunswick: Hon. Messrs. Amos Edwin Botsford, Edward Barron Chandler, John Robertson, Robert Leonard Hazen, William Hunter Odell, David Wark, William Henry Steeves, William Todd, John Ferguson, Robert Duncan Wilmot, Abner Reid McClellan, Peter Mitchell.*

His Excellency the Right Honorable Charles Stanley, Viscount Monck, was sworn in as Governor-General of the Dominion, and entrusted the Hon. John A. Macdonald with the duty of forming the first Government for the Dominion, with the following result:

Hon. JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General (Prime Minister.)

Hon. GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER, Minister of Militia.
Hon. SAMUEL LEONARD TILLEY, Minister of Customs.

Hon. ALEXANDER TILLOCH GALT, Minister of Finance.

Hon. WILLIAM MACDOUGALL, Minister of Public Works.

Hon. WILLIAM PEARCE HOWLAND, Minister of Inland Revenue.

Hon. ADAMS GEORGE ARCHIBALD, Q.C., Secretary of State for the Provinces. Hon. ADAM JOHNSTON FERGUSSON-BLAIR, President of the Privy Council.

Hon. PETER MITCHELL, Minister of Marine and Fisheries.

* The names of Senators since deceased are given in italics.-Ed.

Hon. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Q.C., Postmaster-General.

Hon. JEAN CHARLES CHAPAIS, Minister of Agricuiture.

Hon. HECTOR LOUIS LANGEVIN, Q.C., Secretary of State of Canada.

Hon. EDWARD KENNY, Receiver-General.

His Excellency, immediately after he had taken the oath of office, announced that Her Majesty had been pleased to confer the title of Knight Commander of the Bath on the Hon. John A. Macdonald, late Chairman of the London Colonial Conference; and the title of C.B. on Hon. Messrs. G. E. Cartier, A. T. Galt, W. Macdougall, W. P. Howland, S. L. Tilley and Charles Tupper, for their distinguished services in bringing about Confederation. The honor was declined by Messrs. Cartier and Galt, who subsequently received the titles of Baronet and Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, respectively.

Major-General Henry William Stisted, C.B., was appointed LieutenantGovernor of Ontario; Sir Narcise Fortunat Belleau, Kt., Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec; Lieutenant-General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Bt. of Kars, K.C.B., Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia; and Major-General Charles Hastings Doyle, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

15th. The following Ministry was appointed for the rovince of Quebec :

Hon. PIERRE JOSEPH OLIVIER CHAUVEAU, Q. C., Secretary and Registrar (Premier.)

Hon. GÈDÈON OUIMET, Q.C., Attorney-General.

Hon. CHRISTOPHER DUNKIN, Q.C., Treasurer.

Hon. JOSEPH OCTAVE BEAUBIEN, M.D., Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Hon. LOUIS ARCHAMBAULT, N.P., Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works.

Hon. CHARLES Boucher de BoucherVILLE, Speaker of the Legislative Council. Hon. GEORGE IRVINE, Q.C., Solicitor-General.

16th. The following Ministry was appointed for the Province of Ontario :

Hon. JOHN SANDFIELD MACDONALD, Q.C., Attorney-General (Premier.)
Hon. JOHN CARLING, Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works.
Hon. STEPHEN RICHARDS, Q.C., Commissioner of Crown Lands.
20th.-Hon. MATTHEW CROOKS CAMERON, Q.C., Secretary and Registrar.
Hon. EDMUND BURKE WOOD, Treasurer.

August 7th.-Writs issued for a General Election for Members of Dominion House of Commons. The elections resulted in a return of a large majority of supporters of the Government in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, and the defeat of every Government candidate in Nova Scotia, except Dr. Tupper.*

November 4th.-Hon. A. T. Galt resigned the office of Finance

Minister.

5th.-Hon. Joseph Edouard Cauchon appointed Speaker of the Senate.

*For list of members returned see Appendix.-Ed.

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