France, 151. =Hd= Proposed canal route
to, 77. =Bib.=: Lippincott's _Gazetteer of the World_; Parkman, _La
Salle_; Chambers, _The Mississippi River and its Wonderful Valley_.

=Mitchell, Peter= (1824-1899). Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick.
Educated at the Newcastle Grammar School; called to the bar, 1848.
Engaged in the lumbering and shipbuilding trades. Elected to the
Assembly, 1856; appointed to the Legislative Council, 1860. Became a
member of the government, 1858. A strong advocate of Confederation.
Delegate to the Charlottetown, Quebec, and Westminster Conferences.
Premier of New Brunswick, 1865. Called to the Senate, 1867. Entered the
government of Sir John A. Macdonald as minister of marine and fisheries,
1867. Resigned from the Senate, 1874, and elected to the House of
Commons. Defeated, 1878, but again elected, 1882; defeated at general
election of 1896. Appointed inspector of fisheries for Quebec, New
Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, 1897. For some years after 1885, proprietor
and editor of the _Montreal Herald_. =Index=: =B= Forms government in
New Brunswick favourable to Confederation, 188. =H= Accompanies Sir John
Macdonald to Halifax in 1868, 210. =Md= Minister of marine and fisheries
in first Dominion Cabinet, 135, 138; supports route along Gulf of St.
Lawrence for Intercolonial Railway, 152-153. =T= Delegate to Quebec in
Intercolonial Railway Conference, 56; attends Quebec Conference, 77;
forms ministry in New Brunswick, 104-105; delegate to England _re_
Confederation, 140-141; in first Dominion ministry, 128, 129. =Bib.=:
Works: _Notes of a Holiday Trip_; _Review of President Grant's Message
Relative to Canadian Fisheries_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_;
Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Moberley, Walter.= =D= Associated with Edgar Dewdney in building road
from Hope to Similkameen, British Columbia, 252-253.

=Moffatt, George= (1787-1865). Born in England. Emigrated to Canada; and
engaged in business in Montreal. Served during the War of 1812. In 1831
appointed to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, being leader of
the British party in that house and a member of the Constitutional
Association. In 1841 elected for Montreal to the House of Assembly, and
in 1844 re-elected, retiring 1847. President of the British American
League, formed to oppose the annexation movement of 1849. =Index=: =Sy=
Member of Constitutional Association, 112; delegated to promote union of
provinces in Upper Canada, 112. =Bib.=: