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Jonathan McCully, editor and Father of Confederation

Statue of Jonathan McCully by Peter Bustin, Founders Square, Halifax. JonathanMcCullyByPeterBustinFoundersSquareHalifaxNovaScotia · Hantsheroes · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Jonathan McCully, born in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, practised law in Amherst and from 1848 sat in the Legislative Council, serving as Solicitor General and government leader there. As editor of the Halifax Morning Chronicle, the Novascotian and later the Unionist, he championed Confederation and attended the Charlottetown, Quebec and London conferences. Named to the Senate in 1867, he became a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in 1870.

Scope & context

McCully as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

Jonathan McCully National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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