Alexander tilloch galt biography of barack
Alexander galt family.
L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia
Date Published:
2004
[This biography was written in 1948.
For the full citation, see the end of the text.]
Galt, Sir Alexander Tilloch (1817-1893), Canadian minister of finance (1858-62 and 1864-8), and Canadian high commissioner in London (1880-83), was born in Chelsea, London, on September 6, 1817, the youngest son of John Galt, the Scottish novelist.
Alexander tilloch galt biography of barack
He came to Canada in 1835 as a clerk in the office of the British American Land Company at Sherbrooke, Lower Canada, and from 1844 to 1855 he was commissioner of the company. He became interested in railway development; and he was one of the Canadian promoters of the Grand Trunk Railway.
In 1849 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Canada for Sherbrooke county as an independent member; but he resigned in 1850. He was returned for Sherbrooke town in 1853; and he continued to represent this con