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Sir Mackenzie Bowell
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5th Prime Minister of Canada
December 21, 1894 - April 27, 1896
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Born
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- December 27, 1823, Rickinghall, England
- Emigrated to Canada in 1832
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Education
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- Apprenticed as a printer with The Belleville Intelligencer,
Belleville, Ontario 1834
- Teaching diploma from Sydney Normal School, Hastings, Ontario 1841
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Personal Status
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- Married 1847, Harriet Moore (1829-1884)
- Four sons, five daughters
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Professional Life
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- Printer, editor and later owner of The Belleville Intelligencer
- Businessman
- 1858-1865 Ensign, Belleville Rifle Company
- 1867-1872 Major, 49th Hastings Battalion
- 1870-1878 Grandmaster of Orange Order of British North America
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Died
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- December 10, 1917, Belleville, Ontario
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Buried
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Party
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- Liberal-Conservative
- 1894-1896 Party Leader
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Constituencies
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- 1867-1892 North Hastings, Ontario
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Other Ministries
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- 1867-1892 Customs
- 1892 Militia and Defence
- 1892-1894 Trade and Commerce
- 1894-1896 President of the Privy Council
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Political Record
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- Trade mission to Australia and promotion of submarine cable link
between North America and Australia 1894
- Attempted to re-establish a seperate 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
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Source: Government of Canada |
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