Born

• 2 July 1821, Amherst, Nova Scotia

Education

• University of Edinburgh, Scotland, M.D. 1843

Personal Status

• Married 1846, Frances Morse (1826-1912)
• Three sons, three daughters

Professional Life

• Physician
• 1867-1870 President Canadian Medical Assocation
• Author

Died

• 30 October 1915, Bexley Heath, Kent, England

Buried

• St. John's Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Party

• Conservative
• 1896-1901 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
• Participant in the Confederation Conferences of Charlottetown 1864
  , Quebec 1864, and London 1866
• Father of Confederation 1867
• Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway 1879-1884
• High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 1884-1887, 1888-1896
• Leader of the Opposition 1896-1901