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Thomas D'Arcy McGee

He moved to the Province of Canada in 1857 and worked hard to convince fellow Irish Canadians to cooperate with Canadian Protestants in forming a self-governing Canada within the British Empire. His passion for Confederation garnered him the title: 'Canada's first nationalist'. McGee also vocally denounced the activities of the Fenian Brotherhood, a paramilitary secret society of exiled Irish Republicans who resembled his younger self politically, in Ireland, Canada, and the United States. McGee succeeded in helping achieve Confederation in 1867. He was assassinated 1868. Patrick J. Whelan, a member of the Fenian Brotherhood from Montreal, was convicted of McGee's murder and executed. Provided by Wikipedia