Joseph Howe
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Joseph Howe was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, public servant, and poet. Howe is often ranked as one of Nova Scotia's most admired politicians and his considerable skills as a journalist and w
Howe, PC, MP, MLA by William Notman
Statue of Joseph Howe, Province House, created by famed Quebec sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert
House of Assembly, Province House, Joseph Howe (left) and James William Johnston (right), both paintings by Henry Sandham
Joseph Howe in 1871
Anti-Confederation Party
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Anti-Confederation was the name used in what is now Atlantic Canada by several parties opposed to Canadian Confederation. The Anti-Confederation parties were accordingly opposed by the Confederation P
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…pamphlets. This strategy failed to prevent the Imperial Parliament enacting the British North America Act in 1867. Nova Scotians elected 18 out of 19 anti-Confederation candidates as members of the first Dominion Parliament. Joseph Howe led the anti-Confederates in the House of Commons of Canada where he made a speech…
A.J. Smith led the Anti-Confederationists in New Brunswick
Fathers of Confederation LAC c 001855