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The Honourable Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, PC ( September 6 , 1817 – September 19 , 1893 ) was an English -born Canadian politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation . He was a member of the Great Coalition government in the Province Of Canada that secured Confederation between 1864 and 1867 . He served as the first Minister of Finance in the new confederation and was the main architect of the Cayley-Galt Tariff , and became the first Canadian High Commissioner in London in 1880 . Alexander Galt is interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec . In Lennoxville, Quebec , the Alexander Galt High School was named in his honor. EXTERNAL LINKS
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