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See also:ROBERT See also:BALDWIN (1804–1858)
, See also:Canadian statesman, was See also:born at See also:York (now See also:Toronto) on the 12th of May 1804
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His See also:father, See also: At the general See also:election which followed, the governor-general was sustained by a narrow See also:majority, but in 1848 the Liberals were again returned to See also:power, and he and Mr Lafontaine formed their second administration under Lord See also:Elgin and carried numerous important reforms, including the freeing from sectarian See also:control of the Provincial University and the introduction into Upper Canada of an important municipal See also:system . See also:Internal dissensions soon began to appear in the Liberal party, and in 1851 Mr Baldwin resigned . The See also:special struggle leading to his resignation was an See also:attempt to abolish the See also:court of See also:chancery of Upper Canada, whose constitution was due to a measure introduced by Baldwin in 1849 . The attempt, though defeated, had been supported by a majority of the representatives from Upper Canada, and Baldwin's fastidious See also:conscience took it as a See also:vote of want of confidence . A deeper See also:reason was his inability to approve of the advanced views of the Radicals, or " Clear Grits," as they came to be called . On seeking re-election in York, he declined to give any See also:pledge on the burning question of the See also:Clergy Reserves and was defeated . In 1858 the Liberal-Conservative party, formed in 1854 by a See also:coalition, attempted to bring him out as a See also:candidate for the upper See also:house, which was at this date elective, but though he had broken with the advanced reformers, he could not approve of the See also:tactics of their opponents, and refused to stand . He died on the 9th of See also:December 1858 . Even those who most bitterly attacked his measures admitted the purity and unselfishness of his motives . After the concession of responsible government,, he devoted himself to bringing about a good understanding between the See also:English and See also:French-speaking inhabitants of Canada, and his memory is held as dear among the French Canadians as in his native See also:province of See also:Ontario . See J . C . Dent, Canadian Portrait See also:Gallery (188o) . His life, by the Hon . Geo . W . See also:Ross, is included in The Makers of Canada See also:series (Toronto) . |
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