Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . rtant announcement* was not made tothe Houses of Parliament without some murmurs ofdissent, but it had the support of the overwhelmingmajority of both the Reform and Conservativeparties. The Cabinet changes, at Mr. Browns re-quest, were postponed till the session closed, but therecently defeated Government was now all-powerful,and
Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . rtant announcement* was not made tothe Houses of Parliament without some murmurs ofdissent, but it had the support of the overwhelmingmajority of both the Reform and Conservativeparties. The Cabinet changes, at Mr. Browns re-quest, were postponed till the session closed, but therecently defeated Government was now all-powerful,and they vigorously pressed through the supplies andother necessary sessional business. They were ableto adjourn Parliament on the 30th June. On the same day the famous Coalition Cabinetwas formed. The Hon. Messrs. Foley, Buchananand Simpson resigned their offices, and , Mowat and Macdougall, as representativesof the Reform party, took their places. The gentle- * As the speech of the Hon. George Brown, immediately afterthis announcement was made to Parliament, throws much light onthe circumstances connected with the formation of this famousCoalition Government, an abbreviated report has been preparedand may be found in Appendix I. 216 V\ / .«^. SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. HON. HECTOR LOUIS LANGEVIN. SIR ALEXANDER TILLOCH NARCISSE F. BELLEAU. HON. JOSEPH CURRAN MORRISON. PROMINENT MEN IN ^lACDONALD-CARTIER MINISTRIES. BROWN AND MACDONALD UNITE men composing the Cabinet and the offices they heldwere as follows: Upper Canada.—Hon. John A. Macdonald,Attorney-General West; Hon. George Brown, Presi-dent of the Council; Hon. Oliver Mowat, Post-master-General; Hon. William Macdougall, Pro-vincial Secretary; Hon. Alexander Campbell, Com-missioner of Crown Lands; Hon. James Cockburn,Solicitor-General West. Lower Canada.—Hon. Sir Etienne P. Tache,Premier and Receiver-General; Hon. George , Attorney-General East; Hon. Alexander , Minister of Finance;
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