THE POLITICAL POWER

• 7 November 1873 - 9 October 1878

BORN

• 28 January 1822, near Dunkeld, Scotland
• Emigrated to Canada in 1842

EDUCATION

• Parish School, Scotland

PERSONAL STATUS

• Married 1845, Helen Neil (1826 - 1852)
• One daughter (two other children died in infancy)
• Re-married 1853, Jane Sym (1825 - 1893)

OCCUPATION

• Stone cutter
• Building contractor
• Editor of The Lambton Shield
• Author

PARTY

• Liberal
• 1873 - 1880 Party Leader

CONSTITUENCIES

• 1867 - 1882, Lambton, Ontario
• 1882 - 1892 York East, Ontario

OTHER MINISTRIES

• 1873 - 1878 Public Works

POLITICAL RECORD

• Secret Ballot 1874
• Founding of Royal Military College 1874
• Creation of the Office of the Auditor General 1878

DIED

• 17 April 1892, Toronto, Ontario, while still a Member of the House of Commons

BURIED

• Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Ontario