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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.
Jan 16, 2008 · 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.
May 9, 2024 · George Brown 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 West (Upper Canada, now Ontario), where his.
George Brown’s own commitment to the Baldwin ministry and his distrust of American written constitutions and egalitarian democracy made him a determined foe of Clear Grit radical proposals. His journal urged the superiority of British responsible cabinet government, so recently won for Canada.
Jul 20, 2010 · For the outspoken journalist, it was an easy move into the political realm, and the Globe soon became the mouthpiece for the Reform movement (the forerunner of the Liberal Party). In 1851 Brown was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Canada as a Reform Party representative.
Jan 6, 2024 · But it was George Brown who realized that the United Province of Canada must dissolve if a greater Canada were to arise.
Mar 4, 2012 · As Brown's politics evolved, the Globe became the mouthpiece for a new party of reformers, called the "clear grits," the forerunner of today's Liberal Party. They shared a zeal for popular democracy, for abolishing religious privilege, for cheap and simple government and for opposition to the pernicious "power of Rome."
When Brown was first elected to the Canadian Parliament in 1852, he came to the capital in Quebec as a friendless outsider. He had gone into opposition to the Liberal government of Francis Hincks because of its numerous compromises of Reform principles.
George Brown founded Upper Canada's most influential newspaper, The Globe, and overcame political differences with John A. Macdonald and George-Etienne Cartier to become a prominent Father...
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.
