The London Conference (4 Dez 1866 Jahr – 29 März 1867 Jahr)

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By far, the longest conference of the 3, this Conference was the one to set all the decisions made by the delegates into stone, and send Confederation into action. PEI and Newfoundland eventually backed out of Confederation, therefore no delegates from either province attended this last Conference. The provinces of Confederation were now down to the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. The Conference was originally supposed to begin near the end of July in 1866, but the delegates from the Province of Canada did not arrive on time for many of their own reasons, although the delegates from Nova Scotia & New Brunswick had arrived. Without the delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick had little power, and could not take any action. They also could not go home empty handed, so they had to remain in London. While the delegates were in London, there was also an anti-Confederation group which was lead by Joseph Howe, a Nova Scotian politician. Their goal was to get the British politicians to turn against the idea of Confederation, which did not succeed in the end. Finally in November of 1866, the Province of Canada arrived in London. The London Conference was held in Westminster Palace Hotel. Everything that went on during the Conference remained confidential, as requested by John A. Macdonald. There was some debate about how binding the 72 resolutions would be, but it was eventually settled. The next item of business was the name of the new country. Macdonald wanted the country to be named the Kingdom of Canada, but the British worried that the title of "kingdom" wouldn't sit well with the Americans, and it would raise suspicion. Since the British did not want to cause any conflict with the Americans, they decided to settle for the new country's name to be the Dominion of Canada, as suggested by Samuel Leonard Tilley. The 72 resolutions provided the foundation for the British North America Act, and the final draft of the bill was presented to Queen Victoria on February the 11. Eventually, the bill had passed all the stages it had needed to and received the Royal Assent of Queen Victoria on March 29, 1867. All the delegates went back home, to the Dominion of Canada.

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