About Alexander Tilloch Galt
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, was a politician and Father of Confederation, the union of British North American colonies into Canada. The motion succeeded, and Alexander Galt, John Ross, and Sir George-Étienne Cartier went to London to begin the long process of convincing the British to make British North America into the first sovereign Dominion within the British Empire. On July 1, 1867, Canada East and West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia became the first provinces in British North America to form the Dominion of Canada.
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