Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865

by Waite, Peter B.; Martin, Ged

• ISBN13: 9780773530928
• ISBN10: 0773530924
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

Between 3 February and 13 March 1865, the Parliament of the Province of Canada debated the negotiated confederation of British colonies on the Atlantic seaboard, aimed at creating a union from Newfoundland to Lake Superior. As a public information exercise, legislators decided to produce a near-verbatim account of their deliberations. Peter Waite has made a selection of the most interesting and revelatory parts of the resulting thousand-page tome, making it easier to access one of the most important sources for early Canadian history. In The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865, John A. Macdonald presses for the advantages of a strong central power; Alexander Galt puts forward the economic arguments for union; and critics of confederation, Christopher Dunkin and A.A. Dorion, express their misgivings with prophetic insight.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the 2006 Edition	vii
Ged Martin
Introduction to the First Edition	xxxix
P.B. Waite
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
SIR ETIENNE-PASCAL TACHÉ
Life member	1	(5)
JOHN ROSS
Life member	6	(1)
GEORGE WILLIAM ALLAN
York	7	(1)
JAMES COX ATKINS
Home	7	(1)
DAVID REESOR
King's	8	(1)
LOUIS AUGUSTE OLIVIER
De Lanaudière	9	(1)
SIR NARCISSE FORTUNAT BELLEAU
Life member	10	(5)
JAMES FERRIER
Life member
WILLIAM McMASTER
Midland	15	(1)
JOHN SIMPSON
Queen's	15	(1)
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
Cataraqui	16	(3)
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD
Kingston	19	(8)
GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER
Montreal East	27	(4)
ALEXANDER TILLOCH GALT
Sherbrooke	31	(4)
GEORGE BROWN
South Oxford	35	(19)
THOMAS D'ARCY McGEE
Montreal West	54	(4)
LUTHER HAMILTON HOLTON
Chateauguay	58	(2)
ANTOINE AIMÉ DORION
Hochelaga	60	(9)
HENRI GUSTAVE JOLY
Lotbiniere	69	(1)
JOHN ROSE
Montreal Centre	70	(4)
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
Lambton	74	(2)
WILLIAM McGIVERIN
Lincoln	76	(1)
CHRISTOPHER DUNKIN
Brome	77	(17)
JOSEPH GODERIC BLANCHET
Lévis	94	(1)
JOSEPH DUFRESNE
Montcalm	95	(1)
JOSEPH CAUCHON
Montmorency	95	(2)
JOSEPH XAVIER PERRAULT
Richelieu	97	(1)
COL. FREDERICK W. HAULTAIN
Peterborough	97	(2)
JOHN A. MACDONALD
Kingston	99	(1)
JOHN SANDFTELD MACDONALD
Cornwall	100	(2)
ANTOINE AIMÉ DORION
Hochelaga	102	(1)
JOHN A. MACDONALD
Kingston	102	(1)
LUTHER HAMILTON HOLTON
Châteauguay	103	(1)
FRANÇOIS EVANTUREL
Quebec County	104	(2)
LUTHER HOLTON
Châteauguay	106	(1)
JOHN A. MACDONALD
Kingston	107	(6)
JEAN BAPTISTE ERIC DORION
Drummond and Arthabaska	113	(2)
PAUL DENIS
Beauharnois	115	(2)
WALTER SHANLY
South Grenville	117	(3)
JOSEPH RYMAL
South Wentworth	120	(1)
JOHN A. MACDONALD
Kingston	120	(3)
Suggestions for Further Reading	123	(4)
Index	127