Because of his involvement in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, he was forced to flee to Canada to avoid his arrest warrant.
Because of his involvement in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, he was forced to flee to Canada to avoid his arrest warrant. As minister of immigration, agriculture and statistics in the new Conservative government of 1863, this man was a Canadian delegate to the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences. Uncle of Frank McGee, For 10 points, name this Irish Nationalist, Father of Confederation, who remains the only Canadian Member of Parliament to have been assassinated.
Because of his involvement in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, he was forced to flee to Canada to avoid his arrest warrant.
{T}homas D’Arcy {McGee}