HIST 1253 Lecture Notes - Joseph Howe
10 Mar 2014
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The 1867 federal election: federal conservatives under john a. macdonald won a majority in parliament. Conservative held over 108/180 seats: but opposition candidates won almost half of the popular vote. Parliament (charles tupper: another landslide victory for anti-confederate candidates in ns"s provincial election (also. With this, we see that ns has clearly stated that they are not in favour of in 1867) confederation. Joseph howe and the anti-confederation movement: joseph howe (born 1804, died 1873) Angered by tupper"s refusal to hold a vote on the issue of confederation: in england during 1866-1867, howe"s lobbying efforts against confederation did not succeed vote in ns, his main opponent was charles tupper and the conservatives. Federal government would assume more of ns"s debt. Agreed to increase annual federal grant to the province: howe also accepted a seat in the federal cabinet. Used his position to lobby for quicker action in building the inter-colonial railway.
