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Alexander Tilloch Galt
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Alexander Tilloch Galt
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Politics
- Galt was a member of the Great Coalition government in the Province of Canada that secured Confederation between 1864 and 1867.
- He became a leading figure in the creation of the Coalition when he was asked to become premier of the Province of Canada by Governor General Sir Edmund Walker Head.
- Doubting his own ability to demand the loyalty of the majority of members of the Legislative Assembly, he turned down the position, but recommended that George-Étienne Cartier and John A. Macdonald be asked to become co-leaders of the new government.
- In return, Cartier and Macdonald asked him to become Inspector-General of Canada.
- He accepted the post on the condition that Macdonald and Cartier made Confederation a key platform in their new government.
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- Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt was born on September 6, 1817 and died on September 19, 1893.
- 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.
- Galt served as the first Minister of Finance in the new confederation.
- He was a politician and a father of Canadian Confederation.
- As minister of Finance, he reversed many of his earlier policies, promoting trade within the British Empire.
- He was born in Chelsea, England and was the son of Scottish novelist and colonizer, John Galt by his wife Elizabeth.
- Following a strong disagreement with Macdonald and Cartier concerning the fate of the Commercial Bank of Canada, Galt resigned from government, ending his career as an MP.
- He was a first cousin of Sir Hugh Allan of Montreal.
- Nevertheless, Galt remained an important figure in Canadian business and politics.
Family
- Alexander Galt is buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.
- In 1877, The British appointed him as their representative in the Halifax Fisheries Commission concerning American fishing rights in Canadian waters.
- Today, Sir Galt has a street name after him. Avenue Galt in the borough of Verdun, Quebec in the city of Montreal where he had lands.
- In Lennoxville, Quebec, the Alexander Galt High School was named in his honor.
- He was the first Canadian Minister of finance.
On February 9, 1848, Galt married Elliott Torrance, the daughter of John Torrance, of Saint-Antoine Hall, Montreal. She died on May 25, 1850, shortly after giving birth to their only son, Elliott. Later he married her younger sister, Amy Gordon Torrance. Amy gave birth to 7 daughters and 2 more sons. They lived in Montreal at their house within the Golden Square Mile, which Galt built in about 1860.
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