Canada A Country by Consent: Confederation: Alexander Galt

Alexander Galt

Alexander Galt was born in London, England in 1817 and came to Canada in 1835 where he worked for the British American Land Company. He was a land agent in Lower Canada and became a large shareholder and eventually president of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railway. When that was taken over by the Grand Trunk Railway, Galt became a member of the board of directors of that company. He was finance minister in the Macdonald-Cartier government of 1858 and was one of the negotiators of Confederation.

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CONFEDERATION (1:52)

A Country by Consent is a national history of Canada which studies the major political events that have shaped the country, presented in a cohesive, chronological narrative. Many of these main events are introduced by an audiovisual overview, enlivened by narration, sound effects and music.

This was the first digital, multimedia history of Canada. It started out as a laserdisc in 1993 and the CD-ROM version has been used in schools across the country. It has been approved as a curriculum-supporting resource by provincial and territorial ministries of education. This online, public domain site is the fifth edition of the project.