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Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, GCMG , 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 . In 1848, he married Elliott, the daughter of Montreal merchant John Torrance . After her death in 1850, he married her younger sister Amy Gordon. Galt was a member of several Masonic lodges. 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. Galt's company, the North Western Coal And Navigation Company , was instrumental in establishing the Coal Mining industry of Lethbridge , Alberta in the late 1800s, and subsequently the community itself. A Public Park and a Museum (formerly a hospital) in Lethbridge are named after him. Was founding President of The Guarantee Company Of North America in 1872 providing fidelity bonds to gurantee the honesty of employees of Railroads and Government, which still exists today as the largest provider of surety bonds in all of Canada in Public Works and Government Services. EXTERNAL LINKS
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