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Signature. • Father of Confederation •. George Brown (November 29, 1818 – May 9, 1880) was a British-Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. He attended the Charlottetown (September 1864) and Quebec (October 1864) conferences. [1] A noted Reform politician, he is best known as the founder and editor of the ...
Jan 16, 2008 · Last Edited June 23, 2021. George Brown, journalist, politician, senator, cattle breeder (born 29 November 1818 in Alloa, Scotland; died 9 May 1880 in Toronto, ON). George Brown played an instrumental role in Confederation . A Reformer who helped bring responsible government to Upper Canada, he orchestrated the great coalition of 1864, which ...
May 9, 2024 · George Brown (born November 29, 1818, Edinburgh, Scotland—died May 9, 1880, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian journalist and politician who was committed to federalism and to weakening the powers of the French Roman Catholic Church in Canada. As proprietor of The Globe (Toronto), he wielded considerable political influence in Canada ...
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Jun 11, 2018 · George Brown. George Brown (1818-1880) was a Canadian politician and newspaper editor who stood for the principle of majority rule, favored expansion into the West, and gave powerful support to the movement for the federation of British North America. George Brown was born in Alloa near Edinburgh, Scotland, on Nov. 20, 1818.
Jul 20, 2010 · Text by Sandy Klowak. — Posted July 20, 2010. As a young man, Brown travelled to New York with his father Peter in 1837. But the dry goods store they opened soon bored the politically active pair. Peter, assisted by his eager son, began a string of journalistic endeavors, and after a move north to Toronto, they created the Toronto Globe.
Jun 29, 2017 · George Brown played an instrumental role in establishing Confederation. As leader of the Clear Grits (forerunner of the Liberal Party) in Canada West, he set aside political differences and allied with his Conservative rivals John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier in 1864, with whom he pitched Confederation to the Atlantic colonies at the Charlottetown and Québec Conferences.
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George Brown was born into a devout and reform-minded evangelical Presbyterian family near Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1818. In 1837, the Browns immigrated to New York City following a business setback. In New York, George’s father, Peter, became successful in dry goods merchandising and in newspaper publishing. Peter Brown and his son ...
