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Quick Facts
1821 - 1893
Term(s) of Office: |
| June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892 |
Born
- March 12, 1821, St. Andrews, Lower Canada
Education
- University of McGill College, B.C.L. 1854
Personal Life
- Married 1849, Mary Bethune (1823 - 1898)
- Four sons, four daughters
Occupations
- Lawyer (called to the Bar of Canada East in 1847)
- 1853 - 1876 Professor of Law, McGill
- 1855 - 1880 Dean of Law, McGill
- 1862 President, Canada Central Railway
- 1862 - 1884 Raised and commanded the Argenteuil Rangers
- 1885 - 1891 Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Pacific Railway
- 1887, 1888 Elected Mayor of Montreal
Political Party
- Liberal-Conservative
- 1891 - 1892 Party Leader
Constituencies
- 1867 - 1874, 1881 - 1887 Argenteuil, Quebec
Other Ministries
- 1862 - 1863 Solicitor General (Province of Canada)
- 1887 - 1891 Minister Without Portfolio
- 1891 - 1892 President of the Privy Council
Political Record
- Chair, House of Commons Banking Committee 1867 - 1874
- Senator and Leader of the Government in the Senate 1887 - 1893
- The first prime minister to lead the country from the Senate
Died
- October 30, 1893, Montreal, Quebec
- Grave site: Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.
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