Alpheus Todd

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Alpheus Todd, (1821 – 1884), was a Canadian author and librarian. He was born in London, England, and went with his parents to Canada in 1833. In 1856 he became principal librarian at Ottawa. He expended £10,000 abroad in purchasing books for the parliamentary library. Upon confederation in 1867, he was appointed librarian to the Dominion Parliament. His writings on constitutional law and parliamentary government, which take high rank, include:

The Practice and Privileges of the Two Houses of Parliament (1839)
Brief Suggestions in Regard to the Formation of Local Governments for Upper and Lower Canada, in Connection with a Federal Union of the British North American Provinces (1866)
On Parliamentary Government in England (1867)
On Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies (1880)