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Sir Charles Tupper
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6th Prime Minister of Canada
May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896
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Born
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- July 2, 1821, Amherst, Nova Scotia
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Education
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- University of Edinburgh, Scotland, M.D. 1843
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Personal Status
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- Married 1846, Frances Morse (1826-1912)
- Three sons, three daughters
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Professional Life
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- Physician
- 1867-1870 President Canadian Medical Assocation
- Author
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Died
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- October 30, 1915, Bexley Heath, Kent, England
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Buried
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Party
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- Conservative
- 1896-1901 Party Leader
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Constituencies
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- 1867-1884, 1887-1888 Cumberland, Nova Scotia
- 1896-1900 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
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Other Ministries
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- 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
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Political Record
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- 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
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Source: Government of Canada |
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