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Quick Facts
1823 - 1917
| Term(s) of Office: |
| December 21, 1894 - April 27, 1896 |
Born
- December 27, 1823, Rickinghall, England
- Emigrated to Canada in 1832
Education
- Apprenticed as a printer with The Intelligencer, Belleville, Ontario 1834
- Teaching diploma from Sydney Normal School, Hastings, Ontario 1841
Personal Life
- Married 1847, Harriet Moore (1829 - 1884)
- Four sons, five daughters
Professional Life
- Printer, editor and later owner of The Intelligencer, Belleville
- Businessman
- 1858 - 1865 Ensign, Belleville Rifle Company
- 1867 - 1872 Major, 49th Hastings Battalion
- 1870 - 1878 Grandmaster of Orange Order of British North America
Political Party
- Liberal-Conservative
- 1894 - 1896 Party Leader
Constituencies
- 1867 - 1892 North Hastings, Ontario
Other Ministries
- 1878 - 1892 Customs
- 1892 Militia and Defence
- 1892 - 1894 Trade and Commerce
- 1894 - 1896 President of the Privy Council
Political Record
- Trade mission to Australia and promotion of submarine cable link between North America and Australia, 1894
- Attempted to re-establish a separate school system in Manitoba 1895
- Senator 1892 - 1917
- Leader of the Government in the Senate 1893 - 1896
- Leader of the Opposition in the Senate 1896 - 1906
- The second Prime Minister to lead the country from the Senate
Died
- December 10, 1917, Belleville, Ontario
- Grave site: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Ontario
Source:Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.
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