Henry Marwood (Pour la patrie)

Sir Henry Marwood was the last Prime Minister of Canada. A member of the Supreme Council of the League of Progress, Marwood worked to introduce Legislative Union between the Canadian provinces, as part of a masonic plot to eliminate the Catholic religion, but was foiled by Joseph Lamirande.
== Biography ==
Marwood threw a party at his home in Sandy Hill, inviting the Baron de Portal, Joseph Lamirande, Paul Leverdier, and George Vaughan, among others.
=== Baiting Lamirande ===
Marwood greeted Lamirande and Leverdier as they entered his home. He flattered Lamirande, who wanted to know what he had invited them there for. As the Baron of Portal approached, Marwood introduced them. Leverdier left to speak with the Baron, while Marwood continued speaking with Lamirande.
Lamirande allowed Marwood to talk, when Marwood made his offer: after the separation of Canada from the British Empire,In the book, the Empire is splintering due to the machinations of Freemasons and other secret societies, while the German and Russian Empires expand. England has already lost her African colonies, India, Ireland is in full revolt, and Scotland is following suit. Freemasons in England, America, and Canada have orchestrated a plot to merge the separated Canada with the United States. Lamirande would be made Consul General, in either Paris or Washington, D.C.
Lamirande refused, unwilling to be sent abroad, and accused Marwood of trying to silence him. Marwood tried to convince him, but Lamirande would have none of it, and left. Marwood was forced to admit his respect for his departed foe.
=== Kingston ===
Two days after the party, newspapers circulated the story that Marwood was ill, and was thus unable to attend Parliament or to receive visitors.
In truth, Marwood had traveled incognito to Kingston to attend a meeting of the Supreme Council of the League of Progress. Upon arrival, Marwood and the others engaged in prayer to Satan. Montarval then summed up the achievements of previous meetings, before explaining that with Canada's annexation by America no longer an option,Due presumably to a second Spanish-American war referenced earlier in the book. legislative union of the provinces with the federal government would be pursued instead.
The scheme devised by Montarval was adopted with little discussion, although Marwood asked what would be done if Lamirande or Houghton saw through the plan and defeated the bill in parliament. Montarval said if the bill was defeated then the best option would be to dissolve parliament, counting on the power of the masonic organization and the aid of their god to bring them an election win. Montarval asked whether Marwood was certain Lamirande was incorruptible, and Marwood went over the events of the party, declaring any further attempts at corrupting him to be useless. 
== Legacy ==
Marwood was followed as Prime Minister by Houghton, who immediately set about freeing Quebec.
== Personality ==
== Trivia ==
* Sir Henry Marwood was based on Sir John A. Macdonald.Character Parts: Who's Really Who in CanLit - Brian Busby, Vintage Canada
** Marwood is described as having small eyes, that are made to appear smaller by a large nose.
** Marwood lives in the Sandy Hill district, like Macdonald did.
** A prior foiled goal of the League of Progress was to unite Canada with the United States. This was something that the real Macdonald would never have done.
== Appearances ==
* Pour la patrie: Roman du XXe siècle
== See Also ==
* MacEachran, another Canadian Prime Minister and malevolent Freemason
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