Alexander Tilloch Galt
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Image:AlexanderTillochGalt.jpg The Honourable Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, PC (September 6, 1817 – September 19, 1893) was an English-born Canadian politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation.
He was a member of the Great Coalition government in the Province of Canada that secured Confederation between 1864 and 1867. He served as the first Minister of Finance in the new confederation and was the main architect of the Cayley-Galt Tariff, and became the first Canadian High Commissioner in London in 1880.
Alexander Galt is interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec. In Lennoxville, Quebec, the Alexander Galt High School was named in his honor.
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
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Categories: 1822 births | 1911 deaths | Canadian Ministers of Finance | Canadian diplomats | Fathers of Confederation | Historical Conservative Party of Canada MPs | History of Quebec | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec | Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada