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Lord Elgin's tenure as Governor General of Canada marked a crucial turning point in the development of responsible government, a foundational principle that would shape Canadian democracy.
In 1854, Lord Elgin negotiated the Reciprocity Treaty with the United States in an attempt to stimulate the Canadian economy. Later that year, he granted royal assent to the law that abolished the seigneurial system in Quebec, and then resigned as Governor-General.
20 lip 1998 · James Bruce, 8th earl of Elgin was a British statesman and governor general of British North America in 1847–54 who effected responsible, or cabinet, government in Canada and whose conduct in office defined the role for his successors.
Elgin James Bruce Eighth Earl Of 1811-1863 Lord Elgin Era His Qualities As A statesman, 3-4; his success in Canada, 4; his lineage, 5-6; his personal character, 6-8; education, 6; his contemporaries at college, 7; enters Parliament, 8; accepts governorship of Jamaica, 9; death of his first
Lord Elgin was the son in law of Lord Durham and an energetic supporter of reform in the Britain. With the rejection of the Tories and the election of the reformers in 1848 in Parliament, Elgin was given instructions to direct Canada towards the full form of responsible government and he began this process by calling on both Baldwin and ...
27 lip 2021 · Travelling from Quebec City, the then seat of government, to remote Bytown in 1853 was not easy. Lord Elgin and his entourage left Quebec on Tuesday the 26th of July on the steam John Munn, arriving in Montreal shortly before 6am the following morning.
Tories stoned the carriage of Governor General Lord Elgin with these stones as a protest against La Fontaine and Baldwin’s government. Upon forming a government in 1848, Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine and Robert Baldwin put responsible government to use in restoring French as an official language.
