
Speech on Formation of the Great Coalition, June 14, 1864 - George Brown
[On June 14, 1864 the short-lived Taché-Macdonald government lost a confidence vote and collapsed. On June 22, the Great Coalition was announced by...
[On June 14, 1864 the short-lived Taché-Macdonald government lost a confidence vote and collapsed. On June 22, the Great Coalition was announced by...
[Brown resigned from cabinet in December 1865, ostensibly due to a dispute with Galt over trade policy. Brown’s biographer explains that there were...
[With politics in Canada growing increasingly dysfunctional, Brown renews his call for constitutional change with a novel tactic – citing the 1858 federation...
[George Brown’s decisive speech to the Great Reform Convention of 1859, urging the convention to adopt resolutions in favour of federalizing Upper and...
[A major speech given in the aftermath of Brown’s two-day government of 1858, outlining the negotiation with Lower Canada’s Antoine-Aimé Dorion leading to...
[Just ejected from government after only two days in power, Brown addresses his constituents seeking re-election. Acknowledging charges of abandoning his principles –...
This major speech represents the culmination of George Brown’s 15-year campaign for constitutional reform and representation by population, and is in itself an...
In this series for the National Post, written by Munk Fellow Alastair Gillespie, leading statesmen from 1865 articulate the political challenges they grappled with....