Primary sourceDocumentOctober 1864

Quebec Resolutions (72 Resolutions)

Delegates to the Quebec Conference · October 1864

The 1864 blueprint for Canadian Confederation drafted at the Quebec Conference, which Brown helped negotiate to secure representation by population.

Brown helped draft these resolutions, pressing for representation by population, a key demand of his political career.

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Title page of a British parliamentary publication: 'Correspondence relative to a meeting at Quebec of delegates appointed to discuss the proposed union of the British North American provinces,' presented 7th February 1865, with the royal coat of arms and printer's imprint in London. — Quebec Resolutions, October 1864. Library and Archives Canada.

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What it is

A set of 72 resolutions produced by the delegates at the Quebec Conference in October 1864, later published in a British parliamentary correspondence. The document is held by Library and Archives Canada.

Why it matters

These resolutions became the working plan for Confederation. George Brown helped draft them and insisted on representation by population in the lower house, a demand central to his political career in Canada West. The resolutions show how the delegates tried to balance the interests of different provinces within one federal union.

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