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Fathers of Confederation

Published Online November 1, 2016

Last Edited November 2, 2016

The 36 men traditionally regarded as the Fathers of Confederation were those who represented British North American colonies at one or more of the conferences that lead to Confederation on 1 July 1867.

The 36 men traditionally regarded as the Fathers of Confederation were those who represented British North American colonies at one or more of the conferences that lead to Confederation on 1 July 1867, including the Charlottetown Conference (September 1864), the Québec Conference (October 1864) and the London Conference (1866–67).

Participant	Colony	Conference
Participant	Colony	Charlottetown	Québec	London
Sir Adams George Archibald	NS	✓	✓	✓
George Brown	CW	✓	✓	✗
Sir Alexander Campbell	CW	✓	✓	✗
Sir Frederick Carter	NL	✗	✓	✗
George-Étienne Cartier	CE	✓	✓	✓
Sir Edward Barron Chandler	NB	✓	✓	✗
Sir Jean-Charles Chapais	CE	✗	✓	✗
James Cockburn	CW	✗	✓	✗
George Coles	PEI	✓	✓	✗
Robert Barry Dickey	NS	✓	✓	✗
Charles Fisher	NB	✗	✓	✓
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt	CE	✓	✓	✓
Sir John Hamilton Gray	PEI	✓	✓	✗
John Hamilton Gray	NB	✓	✓	✗
Thomas Heath Haviland	PEI	✗	✓	✗
William Alexander Henry	NS	✓	✓	✓
Sir William Pearce Howland	CW	✗	✗	✓
John Mercer Johnson	NB	✓	✓	✓
Sir Hector-Louis Langevin	CE	✓	✓	✓
Andrew Archibald Macdonald	PEI	✓	✓	✗
Sir John A. Macdonald	CW	✓	✓	✓
Jonathan McCully	NS	✓	✓	✓
William McDougall	CW	✓	✓	✓
Thomas D'Arcy McGee	CE	✓	✓	✗
Peter Mitchell	NB	✗	✓	✓
Sir Oliver Mowat	CW	✗	✓	✗
Edward Palmer	PEI	✓	✓	✗
William Henry Pope	PEI	✓	✓	✗
John William Ritchie	NS	✗	✗	✓
Sir Ambrose Shea	NL	✗	✓	✗
William Henry Steeves	NB	✓	✓	✗
Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché	CE	✗	✓	✗
Samuel Leonard Tilley	NB	✓	✓	✓
Sir Charles Tupper	NS	✓	✓	✓
Edward Whelan	PEI	✗	✓	✗
Robert Duncan Wilmot	NB	✗	✗	✓