THE POLITICAL POWER

• 21 December 1894 - 27 Avril 1896

BORN

• 17 December 1823, Rickinghall, England
• Emigrated to Canada in 1832

EDUCATION

• Apprenticed as printer with the Intelligencer, Belleville, Ontario 1834
• Received teaching diploma from Sydney Normal School, Hastings, Ontario 1941

PERSONAL STATUS

• Married 1847, Harriet Moore (1829 - 1884)
• Four sons, five daughters

OCCUPATION

• Printer, editor and later owner of the Belleville Intelligencer
• A founder of the Belleville Rifle Company

PARTY

• Liberal Conservative
• 1894 - 1896 Party Leader

CONSTITUENCIES

• 1867-1892 Hastings North, Ontario

OTHER MINISTRIES

• 1878 - 1891 Customs
• 1891 - 1892 Militia and Defence
• 1892 - 1894 Trade and Commerce
• 1894 - 1896 President of the Privy Council

POLITICAL RECORD

• Supervised collection of the new tariff duties that were the foundation of the National Policy 1894
• Led trade mission to Australia and promoted a submarine cable link between North America and Australia 1894
• Attempted to re-establish a separate school system in Manitoba 1895
• Senator 1892 - 1917
• The second Prime Minister to lead the country from the Senate

DIED

• 10 December 1917, Belleville, Ontario

BURIED

• Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Ontario