Alexander Tilloch Galt

Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt in 1869

Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, (Born September 6, 1817, died September 19, 1893) was a politician and a father of the Canadian Confederation.

He began working in Canada with the British American Land Company in Lower Canada's Eastern Townships. He was angry about the political deadlock in the united legislature of Canada East (Québec) and Canada West (Ontario). He first supported annexation to the United States, but later worked for a federal union of the British North American colonies. After Confederation, he moved from electoral politics into diplomacy. He continued to promote development in the Eastern Townships and later in southern Alberta.

Alexander Tilloch Galt Media

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  The International Train Station Depot in the County of Warner No. 5, Alberta

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  Statue of Alexander and Elliot Galt with the 1910 Hospital Building, Lethbridge, Alberta

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  The Galt house on Simpson Street in the Golden Square Mile at Montreal

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  Galt's funeral monument in Mount Royal Cemetery.