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Samuel Leonard Tilley

Father of Confederation · 1818-1896

Brought New Brunswick in against fierce opposition and is credited with the name Dominion.

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Life story

1. May 8, 1818 · Gagetown, New Brunswick
   Born at Gagetown, New Brunswick
2. 1864 · Fredericton, New Brunswick
   Took New Brunswick into the Confederation talks and lost the 1865 election over it
3. 1866 · Saint John, New Brunswick
   Won the rerun election and carried the province into the union
4. 1867 · Ottawa
   Proposed Dominion, from a line in Psalm 72, as the new country's title
5. 1879 · Ottawa
   As finance minister wrote the tariff of the National Policy
6. June 25, 1896 · Saint John
   Died at Saint John

In the timeline

• 1864 — The Quebec Conference

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Samuel Leonard Tilley
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia