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Sir Charles Tupper

 
6th Prime Minister of Canada

May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896

 

Born

  • July 2, 1821, Amherst, Nova Scotia

Education

  • University of Edinburgh, Scotland, M.D. 1843

Personal Status

  • Married 1846, Frances Morse (1826-1912)
  • Three sons, three daughters

Professional Life

  • Physician
  • 1867-1870 President Canadian Medical Assocation
  • Author

Died

  • October 30, 1915, Bexley Heath, Kent, England

Buried

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

 
Source:  Government of Canada
   

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