(Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1939-8)

George Brown

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• Speech on Formation of the Great Coalition, June 14, 1864 - George Brown
• Speech to Reform Convention, June 27, 1867 - George Brown
• George Brown Moves for Constitutional Committee, March 14, 1864

(Notman/Library and Archives Canada/PA-74102)

George-Étienne Cartier

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• No Question of Majority or Minority, But of Fairness – Let Us Do What is Right, November 23, 1869 – Speech by George-Étienne Cartier
• Speech on the Acquisition of the Northwest Territories, April 15, 1869 – George-Étienne Cartier
• Confederation is a Tree of Many Branches, May 25, 1867 – Speech by George-Étienne Cartier

Alexander Tilloch Galt

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• Alexander Galt, Speech in the Confederation Debates – February 7, 1865
• Federation Dispatch II: Cartier, Ross and Galt to Lytton (Confidential), October 25, 1858
• The Federation Dispatch I: Cartier, Ross and Galt to Rt. Hon Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, October 23, 1858

(Alamy photos)

Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• The Irish in Canada: The Importation of Fenianism - An address by Thomas D’Arcy McGee delivered before the St. Patrick’s Society, January 11th, 1865
• The Cause of the Quebec Conference - Speech by Thomas D’Arcy McGee at the Déjeûner given to the members of the Quebec Conference, October 29th, 1864
• Celebrating the Poet of Confederation: Bob Rae for Inside Policy

John A. Macdonald

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• Sir John A. Macdonald Is Owed Our Thanks -- Not Our Derision: Brian Lee Crowley
• In Defence of Sir John A. Macdonald: Brian Lee Crowley
• John A. Macdonald, Speech to the Banquet in Honour of the Provincial Administration, March 1, 1866

(William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada/PA-7)

Samuel Leonard Tilley

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• Two Speeches from the Throne, 1866 House of Assembly, Fredericton, New Brunswick First Session, 8 March, 1866
• Samuel Leonard Tilley, Speech to Banquet hosted by the Quebec Board of Trade, October 15, 1864
• Samuel Leonard Tilley, Speech to Banquet honouring Delegates of the Charlottetown Conference, September 12, 1864

(William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada/PA-026317)

Charles Tupper

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• Tributes to Sir Charles Tupper by Sir Robert Borden and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, House of Commons, February 7, 1916
• Turn of the Tide, Legislative Assembly, Halifax, April 3, 1866
• Tupper’s reply to Joseph Howe, House of Commons, Ottawa, November 8, 1867