The last conference on Confederation took place in London England from December 1866 to March 1867. Attending were 16 members from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the two halves of the Province of Canada — Ontario and Québec. From the photo it appears they were about 30 in total counting English officials and one page boy. The purpose of this meeting held at the Westminster Palace Hotel, was to draw up the new country’s Constitution — The British North America Act. They also chose the name of Dominion of Canada and approved of the names Québec and Ontario to replace the former Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. The BNA Act passed its third reading in the House of Lords in February of 1867, and later read in the House of Commons in Ottawa. The date of its royal assent is March 29, 1867. — A special event also took place in London at the time. John A. Macdonald, then a widower married Agnes Bernard on February 16, 1867.
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