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1854 - 1937

Born

• June 26, 1854, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia

Education

• Acacia Villa Academy, Horton, Nova Scotia

Personal Life

• Married 1889, Laura Bond (1863 - 1940)

Occupations

• 1868 - 1872 Teacher, Horton, Nova Scotia
• 1872 - 1874 Teacher, Matawan, New Jersey
• Lawyer (called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1878)
• 1924 - 1930 Chancellor, Queen's University
• 1928 President, Crown Life Insurance
• 1929 President, Barclay's Bank (Canada)
• 1930 President, Canadian Historical Association
• Author

Political Party

• Conservative
• 1901 - 1920 Party Leader
• 1917 - 1920 Union Government (A coalition of pro-conscription Liberals and Conservatives)

Constituencies

• 1896 - 1904, 1908 - 1917 Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 1905 - 1908 Carleton, Ontario
• 1917 - 1920 King's County, Nova Scotia

Other Ministries

• 1911 - 1917 President of the Privy Council
• 1912 - 1920 External Affairs

Political Record

• Leader of the Opposition 1901-1911
• Led Canada as Prime Minister throughout First World War 1914 - 1918
• War Measures Act 1914
• Income War Tax Act 1917
• Military Service Act 1917
• Wartime Elections Act 1917
• Principal author of Resolution IX of the 1917 Imperial War Conference
• Franchise extended to women 1918
• Leader of Canadian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference 1919

Died

• June 10, 1937, Ottawa, Ontario
• Grave site: Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.