THE POLITICAL POWER

• 5 December 1892 - 12 December 1894

BORN

• 10 November 1845, Halifax, Nova Scotia

EDUCATION

• Free Church Academy, Halifax

PERSONAL STATUS

• Married 1870, Annie Affleck (1845 - 1913)
• Two sons, tree daughters (four other children died in infancy)

OCCUPATION

• Lawyer (called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1865)
• 1871 - 1877 Alderman, Halifax
• 1882 Justice, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

PARTY

• Liberal Conservative
• 1892 - 1894 Party Leader

CONSTITUENCIES

• 1885-1894 Antigonish, Nova Scotia

OTHER MINISTRIES

• 1878 - 1882, Attorney General (Province of Nova Scotia)
• 1885 - 1892 Minister of Justice
• 1891 - 1892 House Leader

POLITICAL RECORD

• Premier of Nova Scotia 1882
• Creation of Canadian Criminal Code 1892

DIED

• 12 December 1894, Windsor Castle, England, while still in office

BURIED

• Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia