Mcgee Thomas D'arcy 1825-1868 Emigrated From Ireland To The United
States, 1842, and became editor of the Boston Pilot; returned to
Ireland and edited The Nation, the Young Ireland's party organ; fled
to New York; came to Canada in 1857. Established and edited the New
Era in Montreal; elected to Parliament for the same city; president of
Executive Council, 1862-1863; minister of agriculture, 1864-1867. Took a
leading part in the movement for the Confederation of the provinces.
Shot by
a Fenian, P. J. Whelan, in Ottawa, April 9, 1868, =Index=: (George Brown Era)
On Confederation movement, xi; his speech on Confederation--names
founders of movement, 129, 130, 147; in Tache's government, 1864, 149.
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Takes part in debates on resolutions adopted at Quebec Conference,
118. (Tilley era) His work for Confederation, 65, 67; at Charlottetown
Conference, 74, 75; at Quebec Conference, 76. =Bib.=: Works: Canadian
Ballads; Popular History of Ireland; Notes on Federal Governments;
Speeches and Addresses Chiefly on Subject of British American Union;
Poems, with biog. sketch by Mrs. J. Sadlier. For his minor
publications in Canada, and works published before coming to Canada,
see Morgan, Bib. Can. For biog., see Taylor, Brit. Am. and
Thomas D'Arcy McGee: Sketch of his Life and Death; Dent, Can. Por.
and Last Forty Years.