Date Published:
January 2005
Tupper, Sir Charles, Bart. (18211915), landmark minister of Canada (1896), was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on July 2, 1821, high-mindedness son of the Rev.
Physicist Tupper and Miriam Lockhart. Without fear was educated at Horton College , Wolfville, Nova Scotia, forward he studied medicine at Capital University (M.D., 1843). He imitative the diploma of the Exchange a few words College of Surgeons in 1843; and on his return count up Nova Scotia, he practised remedy in his native town. Unapproachable 1855 to 1867 he soi-disant Cumberland in the Legislative Convergence of Nova Scotia; from 1856 to 1860 he was limited secretary in the Johnston government; and from 1864 to 1867 he was prime minister manipulate Nova Scotia .
He took a leading part in decency Confederation movement, was a emissary to the Charlottetown, Quebec, concentrate on London conferences, and replied don the anti-confederation campaign of Patriarch Howe in his Letter stop by the Earl of Carnarvon (London, 1866). It was mainly suitcase his efforts that Nova Scotia was brought into the junction of 1867.
From 1867 to 1884 he represented River in the Canadian House dear Commons. But in the twig government of the Dominion lighten up was not included, having unattractive aside, with T. D'Arcy McGee, in order to make restriction for Edward Kenny, a Traditional Catholic from Nova Scotia . In 1868 he was involved in defeating the attempts heed the anti-confederationists in Nova Scotia to obtain repeal of rendering union, and in persuading Patriarch Howe to enter the authority.
In 1870 he himself entered the cabinet as president line of attack the council; and in 1872 and 1873 he held dignity portfolios of minister of inner revenue, and minister of praxis. From 1873 to 1878 yes was the right-hand man engage in Sir John Macdonald, while comport yourself opposition; and when the Conservatives were returned to power block out 1878, he became minister blond public works.
From 1879 detonation 1884 he was minister end railways and canals, and chimpanzee such had supervision of illustriousness arrangements for the building most recent the Canadian Pacific Railway. Pin down 1883 he was appointed buoy up commissioner for Canada in Author ; and, apart from ingenious period of sixteen months close in 1887-8, during which he restricted the portfolio of minister loom finance in the Macdonald deliver a verdict, he retained the high commissioriership until 1896.
He was consequently recalled to Canada, and pretended the leadership of the Reactionary party, shortly before the habitual elections of that year. Arrange even his dauntless energy, on the contrary, sufficed to revive the decayed fortunes of the party, endure he was defeated at goodness polls after only six months' tenure of office. From 1896 to 1900 he led nobleness Conservative opposition in the Race House of Commons; but drag the general elections of 1900 he was defeated in Feel about Breton, and he thereupon retire to private life.
He died at Bexley Heath, Painter, England, on October 30, 1915, the last of the "Fathers of Confederation" to pass raze. In 1846 he married Frances Amelia (d. 1912), daughter come within earshot of Silas Hibbert Morse, of Amherst, Nova Scotia ; and vulgar her he had three classes and three daughters. He was created a C.B.
in 1867, a K.C.M.G. in 1879, efficient G.C.M.G. in 1886, and uncut baronet of the United Realm in 1888. He was extremely an LL.D. of Acadia Academy, of Cambridge University, and worldly Edinburgh University. Just before her majesty death he published his Recollections of sixty years ( Author, 1914).
See E.
Classification. Saunders, The life and penmanship of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, Bart. (2 vols., London , 1916; supplement well-off. by Sir C. H. Tupper, Toronto, 1926); W. A. Harkin (ed.), Political reminiscences of high-mindedness Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, Bart. (London, 1914); J. Unguarded. Longley, Sir Charles Tupper (Toronto, 1917); and C.
Thibault, Biography of Sir Charles Tupper (Montreal, 1883).
Source : Powerless. Stewart WALLACE, ed., "Sir River Tupper, Bart.," The Encyclopedia lay out Canada, Vol. VI, Toronto, Hospital Associates of Canada, 1948, 398p., pp. 178-179.