In March 1867, the United States had bought Alaska ... One man who argued for Confederation with Canada was Amor de Cosmos, a Nova Scotian who had come to Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1858 ...

On July 1, 1867, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada were proclaimed the Dominion of Canada, with John A. Macdonald its first prime minister In London, Confederation delegates ...

Although Canada was part of Britain until 1867 and officially neutral ... helped urge Canada to its own confederation and independence. "No one can fully understand Canada without appreciating ...

Some highlights from the Library of Parliament's Election Trivia page: Contested elections were fairly sporadic in the early days of Canada's Confederation. Since 1867, 622 candidates won by ...