onvention, 1859, 137; suggests joint
authority for federal purposes, in Confederation debate, 137; enters
coalition ministry, 159; defeated in North Ontario, 160; elected in
North Lanark, 160; favours elective Senate, 164; relations with
Macdonald, 202-203; defends his action in remaining in coalition
ministry after Confederation, 202, 209; his work on the _Globe_, 245.
=H= Accompanies Macdonald to Halifax, 1868, 210; meets Joseph Howe, on
his way to Fort Garry to assume duties of governor, 227; blames Howe for
fomenting trouble, 227. =C= On mission for purchase of Hudson's Bay
Company's territories, 68; attempts to enter North-West as
lieutenant-governor, 69. =R= Graduate of Victoria College, 144. =Md=
Minister of public works, 134; agrees to maintenance of coalition, 137;
lieutenant-governor of Rupert's Land, 1869, 138; accompanies Macdonald
to Halifax, 144; quarrels with Howe, 153, 154; introduces series of
resolutions on acquisition of North-West Territories, 156; sent to
London to negotiate annexation of territories, 156-157; appointed
lieutenant-governor of Rupert's Land, 158; refused admittance to the
territory, 159. =T= Enters coalition government, 69; at Charlottetown
Conference, 74, 75; at Quebec Conference, 76; enters first Dominion
government, 128, 129. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_;
Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Mace, Sister de.= =L= Her labours in the hospital at Montreal, 91.

=McEvoy, J. M.= =S= His pamphlet on _The Ontario Township_ quoted, 89.

=McGee, Thomas D'Arcy= (1825-1868). Emigrated from Ireland to the United
States, 1842, and became editor of the Boston _Pilot_; returned to
Ireland and edited _The Nation_, the Young Ireland's party organ; fled
to New York; came to Canada in 1857. Established and edited the _New
Era_ in Montreal; elected to Parliament for the same city; president of
Executive Council, 1862-1863; minister of agriculture, 1864-1867. Took a
leading part in the movement for the Confederation of the provinces.
Shot by a Fenian, P. J. Whelan, in Ottawa, April 9, 1868, =Index=: =B=
On Confederation movement, xi; his speech on Confederation--names
founders of movement, 129, 130, 147; in Tache's government, 1864, 149.
=Md= Takes part in debates on resolutions adopted at Quebec Conference,
118. =T= His work for Confederation, 65, 67; at Charlottetown
Conference, 74, 75; at Quebec Conference, 76. =Bib.=: Works: _Canadian
Ballads_; _Popular History of Ireland_; _Notes on Federa