Hon. Sir Albert James Smith, April 1868

Sir Albert James Smith, PC, KCMG (March 12, 1822 – June 30, 1883) was a New Brunswick politician and opponent of Canadian confederation. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the Smith's grandfather was a United Empire Loyalist who left Massachusetts to settle in New Brunswick after the American Revolution. The name United Empire Loyalists is a honorific name which has been given after the fact to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots"

A. J. Smith's former home, called Younglands, on Shediac Bay, New Brunswick

Smith entered politics in 1852 entering the House of Assembly as an opponent of the Tory compact that ran the colony and became a leading reform and advocate of responsible government which was granted to the colony in 1854. House of Assembly is a name given to the Legislature or Lower house of a Bicameral legislature in some countries often at Subnational level Responsible government is a conception of a System of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster Smith became a member of the reform government that took power that year and went on to become Attorney-General in 1861 under Premier Samuel Leonard Tilley. In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition A premier is a title for the Head of government in some countries Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, PC, KCMG ( May 8, 1818 &ndash June 25, 1896) was a Canadian politician and one Smith split with Tilley over railway policy and Canadian confederation with Smith becoming leader of the Anti-Confederates winning the 1865 election but was forced from office the next year by the lieutenant-governor. Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the Anti-Confederation was the name used in what is now Atlantic Canada by several parties opposed to Canadian confederation. A Lieutenant Governor is a high officer of state whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction

Smith reconciled with Confederation after it became a fact and became minister of fisheries in the Liberal government of Alexander Mackenzie in 1873. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Alasdair MacCoinnich 1764 - March 12, 1820) was a Scottish-Canadian explorer.

Further reading

• J. E. Belliveau, 1976, The Splendid Life of Albert Smith and the Women he Left Behind, Windsor, NS: Lancelot Press

References

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament