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Robert Baldwin
The quiet half of the partnership that invented responsible government and the modern municipality.
Life story
- May 12, 1804 · Toronto
Born in York, now Toronto - 1841 · Kingston, Ontario
Began the alliance with LaFontaine across the language line - March 11, 1848 · Montreal
Took office in the first responsible ministry - 1849 · Toronto
Passed the Baldwin Act creating municipal self-government in Canada West - December 9, 1858 · Toronto
Died at Spadina, his house in Toronto