Fathers of Confederation

The Fathers of Confederation are the 36 people who attended at least one of the Charlottetown Conference of 1864 (23 attendees), the Quebec Conference of 1864 (33 attendees), and the London Conference of 1866 (16 attendees), preceding Canadian Confederation.

Only eleven people attended all three conferences.

The following table lists the participants in the Charlottetown, Quebec, and London Conferences and their attendance at each stage.

[1][2]Four other individuals have been labelled as Fathers of Confederation.

Hewitt Bernard, who was the recording secretary at the Charlottetown Conference, is considered by some to be a Father of Confederation.