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Quick Facts
1821 - 1915
| Term(s) of Office: |
| May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896 |
Born
- July 2, 1821, Amherst, Nova Scotia
Education
- University of Edinburgh, Scotland, M.D. 1843
Personal Life
- Married 1846, Frances Morse (1826 - 1912)
- Three sons, three daughters
Professional Life
- Physician
- 1867 - 1870 President, Canadian Medical Association
- Author
Political Party
- Conservative
- 1896 - 1901 Party Leader
Constituencies
- 1867 - 1884, 1887 - 1888 Cumberland, Nova Scotia
- 1896 - 1900 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Other Ministries
- 1857 - 1860, 1863 - 1867 Provincial Secretary (Province of Nova Scotia)
- 1870 - 1872 President of the Privy Council
- 1872 - 1873 Inland Revenue
- 1873 Customs
- 1878 - 1879 Public Works
- 1879 - 1884 Railways and Canals
- 1887 - 1888 Finance
- 1896 Secretary of State
Political Record
- Premier of Nova Scotia 1864 - 1867
- Participant in the Confederation Conferences of Charlottetown 1864, Quebec 1864, and London 1866
- Father of Confederation 1867
- Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway 1879 - 1884
- High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 1884 - 1887, 1888 - 1896
- Leader of the Opposition 1896 - 1901
Died
- October 30, 1915, Bexley Heath, England
- Grave site: St. John's Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.
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