The Fathers of Confederation

"The Fathers of Confederation"

met in London's Westminster Hotel in 1866 to frame the constitution of Canada, The British North America Act. The British Parliament passed the Act early in 1867, and Queen Victoria gave her assent in March. The Act was formally proclaimed on July 1, 1867.

"The Fathers of Confederation"
Name	Position at the Time	Life Date
CANADA Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché John Alexander Macdonald Georges-Étienne Cartier George Brown Oliver Mowat Alexander Tilloch Galt William McDouglall Thomas D'Arcy McGee Alexander Campbell Jean-Charles Chapais Hector-Louis Langevin James Cockburn	Prime Minister, Chairman of the Quebec Conference Attorney General for Upper Canada Attorney General for Lower Canada President of the Executive Council Postmaster General Minister of Finance Provincial Secretary Minister of Agriculture Commissioner of Crown Lands Commissioner of Public Works Solicitor General for Lower Canada Solicitor General for Upper Canada	1795-1865 1815-1891 1814-1873 1818-1880 1820-1903 1817-1893 1822-1905 1825-1868 1822-1892 1811-1885 1826-1906 1819-1883
NOVA SCOTIA Sir Charles Tupper William Alexander Henry Robert Barry Dickey Jonathan McCully Adams George Archibald	Premier and Provincial Secretary Attorney General Member of the Legislative Council Member of the Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition	1821-1915 1816-1888 1811-1903 1809-1877 1814-1892
NEW BRUNSWICK Samuel Leonard Tilley William Henry Steeves John Mercer Johnson Peter Mitchell Edward Barron Chandler John Hamilton Gray Charles Fisher	Premier and Provincial Secretary Delegate without Portfolio Attorney General Member of the Legislative Council Member of the Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Member of the Legislative Assembly	1818-1896 1814-1873 1818-1868 1824-1899 1800-1880 1814-1889 1808-1880
NEWFOUNDLAND Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter Ambrose Shea	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Leader of the Opposition	1819-1900 1815-1905
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Colonel John Hamilton Gray Edward Palmer William Henry Pope Andrew Archibald Macdonald George Coles Thomas Heath Haviland Edward Whelan	Premier, Chairman of the Charlottestown Conference Attorney General Provincial Secretary Member of the Legislative Council Member of the Legislative Assembly Member of the Legislative Assembly Member of the Legislative Assembly	1812-1887 1809-1889 1825-1879 1829-1912 1810-1875 1822-1895 1824-1867

Queen Victoria
John Alexander Macdonald

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