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Charles Tupper

Fathers of Confederation

Tributes to Sir Charles Tupper by Sir Robert Borden and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, House of Commons, February 7, 1916

Resolved, that the House of Commons of Canada desires to express its deep sense of the loss sustained by the Dominion and the...

 

July 5, 2018 at 4:45 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

Turn of the Tide, Legislative Assembly, Halifax, April 3, 1866

[Ed. In an unexplained incident of Confederation, William Miller, to this point a key Nova Scotian opponent of the Quebec plan of Confederation,...

 

July 3, 2018 at 3:28 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

Tupper’s reply to Joseph Howe, House of Commons, Ottawa, November 8, 1867

[Ed. At one of the first meetings of the new Canadian parliament in Ottawa, Charles Tupper replies to Joseph Howe’s denunciation of Nova...

 

July 2, 2018 at 1:17 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

“Union of the Colonies” – Speech by the Honourable Charles Tupper, March 28, 1864

[Ed.: Arguing that a Confederation of all the provinces is still far off, Tupper moves the resolution that led to the Charlottetown Conference...

 

May 8, 2018 at 1:35 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

“Union of the Colonies” – Speech by the Honourable Provincial Secretary Charles Tupper, April 10, 1865

[Ed.: With Confederation at an impasse in the aftermath of Tilley’s defeat in the New Brunswick elections, and facing rising anti-Confederation sentiment in...

 

January 14, 2018 at 3:45 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

“Confederation Retrospective” – Speech by Sir Charles Tupper to Banquet held in his Honour, Halifax, 1883

[Ed. In the following extract, Tupper reminisces about the difficulties he faced as Premier in carrying Confederation. The speech is perhaps most noteworthy...

 

November 23, 2017 at 4:05 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

“The Political Condition of British North America” - Speech by Charles Tupper, Mechanics’ Institute, St. John, 1860

Independently of the great Red River and Saskatchewan country lying between Canada and the Rocky Mountains, and the gold-bearing district of British Columbia...

 

September 27, 2017 at 3:04 pm read more

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