Born
2 July 1821, Amherst, Nova Scotia
The Right Honourable
Sir Charles Tupper
Biographical Information
Born
2 July 1821, Amherst, Nova Scotia
Education
University of Edinburgh (Medicine), Scotland
Personal Status
Married 1846, Frances Morse (1826-1912)
Three sons, three daughters
Occupation
Physician, practised as a country doctor in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
1867-1870 President, Canadian Medical Association
Author
Party
Conservative
May-July 1896 Party Leader
Constituencies
1867-1884, 1887-1888 Cumberland, Nova Scotia
1896-1900 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Other Ministries
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
Political Record
Premier of Nova Scotia 1864-1867
Father of Confederation 1867
Participant in the Confederation Conferences of Charlottetown 1864, Quebec 1864, and London 1866
Minister of Railways and Canals during construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway 1879-1884
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 1884-1887, 1888-1896
Died
30 October 1915, Bexley Heath, England
Buried
St. John's Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
