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	Title
		Amor de Cosmos

	Description
		Amor de Cosmos (1825-1897), born William Alexander Smith, was a newspaper editor and poet. He moved from Halifax to California in 1851 in search of gold and set up a photo studio. He settled in Victoria in 1858 and started the “British Colonist”. He served in the Vancouver Island colonial assembly from 1863 to 1866. De Cosmos played a major role in bringing British Columbia into Confederation and advocating for responsible government. In 1867 he was elected to the British Columbia legislature and was also elected a member of Parliament in Ottawa. He served as premier of British Columbia from 1872 to 1874. Responsible government is a type of government in which political decisions are made by leaders who are elected by the people. The political party that has the most people elected makes up the government. Before Confederation many of the colonies were run in part by leaders the British put in power, or by a few powerful rich people.

	Number of Pages
		1

	Creator
		William James Topley

	Date
		September 1874

	Format
		Photograph

	Place
		British Columbia, Ontario

	Theme
		Confederation

	Detailed Description
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	DAPDCAP 23765

Amor de Cosmos


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