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POLITICS AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS |
| Abbott, Sir John Joseph Caldwell (P), QC |
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Prime Minister of Canada (1891-92) |
| Aberhart,William (P), AB |
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Headed first Canadian Social Credit Party, Premier of Alberta (1935-43) |
| Archibald, Sir Adams George (P), NS |
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Father of Confederation, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and North-west Territories (1870-72), Nova Scotia (1873-83) |
| Ardgowan (S), PE |
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Residence of Father of Confederation William Henry Pope, circa 1850 |
| Bagot, Sir Charles (P), ON |
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Governor General of British North America (1841-43), associated with development of responsible government |
| Baldwin, Robert (P), ON |
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Reformer, co-Premier of Province of Canada (1842-43, 1848-51), achieved responsible government |
| Beaulieu (S), AB |
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1891 sandstone mansion of Sir James A. Lougheed |
| Beaulieu II, François (P) NT |
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Founding father of North-west Territories Métis, pre-eminent Métis leader |
| Bellevue House (S), ON |
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Important Italianate villa, 1840s, home of Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-73, 1878-91) |
| Belmont House/R.Wilmot Home (S), NB |
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1820s home of politician and Father of Confederation, Robert Duncan Wilmot |
| Bennett, Charles Fox (P), NF |
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Noted Newfoundland entrepreneur and political leader |
| Bennett, Rt. Hon. Richard Bedford (P), AB |
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Prime Minister of Canada (1930-35) |
| Black, Martha Louise (P),YT |
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Second woman elected as Member of Parliament (1935), prominent Yukon figure |
| Blake, Edward (P), ON |
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Ontario Premier (1871-72), noted Liberal leader and thinker |
| Blanshard, Richard (P), BC |
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First governor of Vancouver Island (1849-51) |
| Bond, Sir Robert (P), NF |
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Colonial Secretary of Newfoundland (1889-97), Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1900-09) |
| Borden, Sir Robert Laird (P), NS |
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Prime Minister of Canada (1911-20) |
| Bourassa, Henri (P), QC |
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French-Canadian nationalist politician, founder and editor of Le Devoir newspaper |
| Bowell, Sir Mackenzie (P), ON |
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Prime Minister of Canada (1894-96), senator, journalist and statesman |
| Brant, Molly (P), ON |
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Loyalist Six Nations leader |
| Campbell, Sir Alexander (P), ON |
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Father of Confederation |
| Canada's Capital (E), ON |
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Chosen by Queen Victoria in 1857, became capital in 1867 |
| Carleton, Sir Guy (Lord Dorchester ) (P), QC |
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Governor of Quebec (1768-78), Governor-in-Chief of British North America (1786-96) |
| Carling, Sir John (P), ON |
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Brewer, Federal Minister of Agriculture (1885-92), established Dominion Experimental Farms |
| Carson,William (P), NF |
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Advocate of social and political reform in 19th-century Newfoundland |
| Carter, Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington (P), NF |
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Father of Confederation, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1865-69, 1875-78) |
| Cartier, Sir George-Étienne (P), QC |
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Major 19th-century French-Canadian leader, Father of Confederation |
| Cartwright, Sir Richard John (P), ON |
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Canadian Minister of Finance (1873-78) and Minister of Trade and Commerce (1896-1904) |
| Champlain, Samuel de (P), ON |
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Noted explorer, founded Quebec, considered father of New France |
| Chandler House/Rocklyn (S), NB |
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Fine neoclassical residence of politician and Father of Confederation, Edward Barron Chandler |
| Chandler, Edward Barron (P), NS |
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Father of Confederation, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1878-80) |
| Chapais House (S), QC |
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Home of Father of Confederation Jean Charles Chapais, built in 1832-34 |
| Chapais, Jean-Charles (P), QC |
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Father of Confederation, senator (1868-85) |
| Chapais, Sir Thomas (P), QC |
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Historian, senator, member of the Legislative Council of Quebec |
| Chapleau, Sir Joseph-Adolphe (P), QC |
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Premier of Quebec (1879-82), federal cabinet minister (1882-92) |
| Cockburn, James (P), ON |
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Father of Confederation, first Speaker of the House of Commons (1867-74) |
| Coles, George (P), PE |
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Father of Confederation |
| Cornwallis, Edward (P), NS |
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Founder of Halifax (1749), Governor of Nova Scotia (1749-52) |
| Cuvillier, Augustin (P), QC |
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Speaker of the Assembly of Lower Canada (1841-44), founded Bank of Montréal |