Alexander Tilloch Galt
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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.
Galt's company, the North Western Coal and Navigation Company, was instrumental in establishing the coal mining industry of Lethbridge, Alberta in the late 1800s, and subsequently the community itself. A public park and a museum (formerly a hospital) in Lethbridge are named after him.
Was founding President of The Guarantee Company of North America in 1872 providing fidelity bonds to gurantee the honesty of employees of Railroads and Government, which still exists today as the largest provider of surety bonds in all of Canada in Public Works and Government Services.
[edit] External links
- [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40234 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Political biography from the Library of Parliament
| Preceded by: Newly created |
Minister of Finance 1 July 1867 – 7 November 1867 |
Succeeded by: Sir John Rose |
| Preceded by: Newly created |
Member of Parliament from Sherbrooke (Town of) 1867 – 1872 |
Succeeded by: Edward Towle Brooks |
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| Galt | Rose | Hincks | Tilley | Cartwright | Tilley | McLelan | Tupper | Foster | Fielding | White | Drayton | Fielding | Robb | Bennett | Robb | Dunning | Bennett | Rhodes | Dunning | Ralston | Ilsley | Abbott | Harris | Fleming | Nowlan | Gordon | Sharp | Benson | Turner | Macdonald | Chrétien | Crosbie | MacEachen | Lalonde | Wilson | Mazankowski | Loiselle | Martin | Manley | Goodale | Flaherty | ||
Categories: 1817 births | 1893 deaths | Anglican politicians | Canadian Anglicans | Canadian Ministers of Finance | Canadian diplomats | English Canadians | Fathers of Confederation | Historical Conservative Party of Canada MPs | History of Quebec | Members of the 1st Ministry in Canada | 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 | History of Lethbridge, Alberta | Scottish Canadians
