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Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1825-1868
Photo by contributor David McLaughlin - Posted October, 2011
Photo Source - Wikimedia Commons
Plaque Location
The City of Ottawa
On the Sparks Street Mall at street number 136
about half-way between Metcalfe and O'Connor streets.
Coordinates: N 45 25.353 W 75 41.892 |
Plaque Text
Journalist, poet, Irish patriot, Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation, McGee was born in Ireland, where he was involved in nationalist politics. Forced to flee to America in 1848, he worked for several years in the United States before settling in Montreal in 1857. In 1858 he was first elected to the legislature for Montréal West. An eloquent orator in support of Confederation, McGee attended the Charlottetown and Québec Conferences, and later represented Montréal West in the House of Commons until felled near this site by an assassin's bullet on April 7, 1868.
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