THE POLITICAL POWER

• 1 July 1867 - 5 November 1873
• 17 October 1878 - 6 June 1891

BORN

• 11 January 1815, Glasgow, Scotland
• Emigrated to Canada in 1820

EDUCATION

• Midland District Grammar School and John Cruickshank School, Kingston (Ontario)

PERSONAL STATUS

• Married 1843, Isabella Clark (1811 - 1856)
• Two sons (one died in infancy)
• Re-married 1867, Susan Agnes Bernard (1836 - 1920)
• One daughter

OCCUPATION

• Lawyer (called to the Bar in 1836)

PARTY

• Liberal Conservative (forerunner of Progressive Conservative Party. The party adopted the name "Progressive Conservative" in 1942, after John Bracken, a member of the Progressive Party, won the Conservative leadership.)
• 1867 - 1891 Party Leader

CONSTITUENCIES

• 1867 - 1878, 1887 - 1891, Kingston, Ontario
• 1878 - 1882, Victoria, British-Colombia
• 1882 - 1887, Carleton and Lennox, Ontario

OTHER MINISTRIES

• 1847 - 1848 Receiver General (Province of Canada)
• 1854 - 1858, 1858 - 1862, 1864 - 1867 Attorney General (Canada West)

POLITICAL RECORD

• Joint Premier, Province of Canada, with Étienne-Paschal Taché 1856 - 1857
• Co-leader, Great Coalition, with George-Étienne Cartier and Georges Brown, 1864 - 1865
• Father of Confederation 1867
• Creation of provinces of Manitoba 1870, British-Colombia 1871, and Prince Edward Island 1873
• Building of Canadian Pacific Railway 1871 - 1885
• Pacific Scandal 1873
• National Policy 1879
• Northwest Rebellion 1885

DIED

• 6 June 1891, Ottawa, Ontario, while still in office

BURIED

• Cataraqui Cemetery, near Kingston, Ontario