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The dramatic change from this autocracy to responsible government was achieved by the most remarkable political partnership in Canadian history — that of Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine. When the new parliament assembled in Montreal on 25 February, Baldwin rose to insist that the new speaker be fluent in both English and French.
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Baldwin, LaFontaine and the Reform Movement. The two main...
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Baldwin became the rallying figure in rebuilding the...
- The Politics of Cultural Accommodation: Baldwin, LaFontaine ...
Robert Baldwin (May 12, 1804 – December 9, 1858) was an Upper Canadian lawyer and politician who with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine of Lower Canada, led the first responsible government ministry in the Province of Canada.
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15 de mar. de 2023 · The events of March 11, 1848, were the result of the efforts of Robert Baldwin, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, and other Reformers who had, throughout the previous decade, pursued the goal of responsible government — a government chosen by and fully accountable to the people of the United Province of Canada and less reliant on the whims of the ...
3 de oct. de 2020 · 10.03.2020. The day Canada became a democracy cannot help but be a defining moment in our history. One hundred and seventy-two years ago, on March 11th Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine was summoned by the Governor General, Lord Elgin, to form a new government. Why?
Robert Baldwin, a leading Reformer in Canada West, contacted LaFontaine. Following the elections in Canada West, there was a vacant seat, York 1st, where the Reformers were in strength. Baldwin offered to nominate LaFontaine as the candidate for the riding in the upcoming by-election , with the support of the local Reform party members.
