Adams George Archibald
Sir
Adams George Archibald (
1814-
1892) was a
Canadian lawyer and politician, and a father of
Canadian Confederation. After serving as Solicitor General and Attorney General for
Nova Scotia, he became the leader of the provincial
Liberals in
1863. He attended all three Confederation conferences, and entered the federal Cabinet in
1867 as the first Secretary of State. From
1870 to
1873 he was
Lieutenant Governor of
Manitoba and the
Northwest Territories, and from
1873 to
1883 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
