D FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT 99

_CHAPTER IX_
THE VICTORY IS WON 113

_CHAPTER X_
JUDGE AND GOVERNOR 131

SIR LEONARD TILLEY

_CHAPTER I_
EARLY LIFE AND BUSINESS CAREER 143

_CHAPTER II_
ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE 159

_CHAPTER III_
THE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW 171

_CHAPTER IV_
REFORM AND PROGRESS 183

_CHAPTER V_
THE INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY 195

_CHAPTER VI_
THE MOVEMENT FOR MARITIME UNION 201

_CHAPTER VII_
THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE 215

_CHAPTER VIII_
DEFEAT OF CONFEDERATION 231

_CHAPTER IX_
TILLEY AGAIN IN POWER 239

_CHAPTER X_
THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT 253

_CHAPTER XI_
THE FIRST PARLIAMENT OF CANADA 269

_CHAPTER XII_
FINANCE MINISTER AND GOVERNOR 277

INDEX 293

LEMUEL ALLAN WILMOT

CHAPTER I

ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE

The contest for responsible government which was carried on in all the
provinces of British North America for so many years resembled in some
of its features a modern battle, where the field of operations is so
wide that it is impossible for a general to cover it with his eye or to
keep control of all the movements of his subordinates. In such a case,
everything depends on the ability of the generals who command the
different army corps, who, operating in remote parts of the field, must
take the responsibility of success or failure. The two Canadas were so
far removed from New Brunswick, and the means of communication were so
poor, that there was but little help, even in the way of suggestion, to
be expected from them, while the contest for responsible government was
being carried on. Even the efforts in the same direction which were
being made in the province of Nova Scotia had but little influence on
the course of events in New Brunswick, fo