Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I waihangatia i te 22 o Mei 1868, hei whakautu ki te kohurutanga o Thomas D'Arcy McGee, he kaitōrangapū rongonui Irish-Canadian me te MP mo Montreal West, i Ottawa i te 7 o Paenga-whāwhā. I patua a McGee e nga mema o te Fenian Brotherhood, he whakahaere mana whenua Irish e noho ana i te United States, i te taone nui hou o Canada iti iho i te tau i muri i te hanganga o te whenua e te Confederation. I āwangawanga ngā mana o Kānata ki te kaha o te Fenian Brotherhood, nāna i whakarewa ngā whakaekenga nui e toru ki Kānata
i te tau 1866 i mua i te matenga o McGee, ā, kāore i taea e ngā tari whakahaere ture o nāianei te tiaki i te haumarutanga o te kāwanatanga.