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Amor De Cosmos
Amor De Cosmos, born William Alexander Smith in Nova Scotia, was a journalist and politician in British Columbia. He founded the newspaper British Colonist in Victoria in 1858 and campaigned for responsible government and for British Columbia to join Canada. After the colony entered Confederation in 1871 he served as the province's second premier from 1872 to 1874 and later as a member of the federal parliament.
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