Dalton McCarthy

Dalton McCarthy (October 10 1836 – May 11 1898), or D'Alton McCarthy, was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian.

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October 10 - 1836 - May 11 - 1898 - Canadian - Parliament

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McCarthy was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1878 federal election as a Conservative. An Irish-born Protestant, McCarthy was stridently anti-Catholic and anti-French Canadian. He broke with the Conservatives in the 1890s, running and being re-elected as an Independent Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1891 election. McCarthy was a founder of the "Imperial Federation League", which proposed uniting the United Kingdom and the emerging dominions under a central Cabinet government responsible to an Imperial Parliament elected from through-out the Empire. McCarthy ran his own slate of McCarthyite candidates in the 1896 election, but was the only one elected.

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Canadian House of Commons - 1878 federal election - Conservative - Irish - Protestant - Catholic - French Canadian - Member of Parliament - 1891 election - United Kingdom - Dominion - McCarthyite - 1896 election

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Following the 1896 election, McCarthy forged an alliance with Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party. He would likely have been appointed to cabinet in 1898 had he not died following a carriage accident.

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Wilfrid Laurier - Liberal Party - Cabinet - 1898

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