The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865: A Selection

Canada. Legislature

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006 - History - 129 pages

As a public information exercise, legislators decided to produce a near-verbatim account of these deliberations. The authors have selected the most interesting and revelatory parts of the resulting 1000 page tome, making it easier to access one of the most important sources for early Canadian history.

About the author

P.B. Waite (1922-2020) was professor emeritus of history at Dalhousie University and the author of numerous books on Canadian history.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865: A Selection; Carleton library series
• Author: Canada. Legislature
• Editor: Peter B. Waite
• Contributor: Ged Martin
• Edition: 2, reprint
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0773530924, 9780773530928
• Length: 129 pages
• Subjects: History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867); History / General; Political Science / Constitutions; Political Science / World / Canadian