The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle of the Union of 1841

Archibald McKellar MacMechan FRSC (1862- 1933) was a Canadian academic at Dalhousie University and writer. His works deal mainly with Nova Scotia and its history. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, he was credited with reviving Hermann Melville's reputation in North America. He had written to Melville in 1889, right at the end of his life. He was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1932. His works include: Concerning the Oldest English Literature (1889), The Relation of Hans Sachs to the Decameron (1889), Vergil (1897), William Greenwood (1914), Three Sea Songs: Nova Scotia Chapbook (1919), The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 (1920), Head-Waters of Canadian Literature (1924), The Centenary of Haliburton's 'Nova Scotia' (1930), Red Snow on Grand Pre (1934) and Late Harvest (1934).