Blair Adam Johnston Fergusson 1815-1867 Member Of The Legislative
Assembly of Canada, 1848-1857; appointed to the Legislative Council,
1860; receiver-general, 1863; member of Executive Council and provincial
secretary, 1863-1864; president of the Executive Council, 1866.
Appointed president of the Privy Council and a member of the first
Dominion Cabinet, 1867. =Index=: (Sir John A Macdonald era) President of Privy Council in
first Dominion Cabinet, 134; agrees to support coalition, 137; his
death, 138. (George Brown Era) Called upon to form ministry, but fails, 149. (Tilley era) Member
first Confederation ministry, 129. =Bib.=: Dent, Last Forty Years.