Born

• 10 November 1845, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Education

• Free Church Academy, Halifax

Personal Status

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

Professional Life

• Lawyer (called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1865)
• 1871-1877 Alderman, Halifax
• 1882-1885 Justice, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

Died

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

Buried

• Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax

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 Justice

Political Record

• Premier of Nova Scotia 1882
• Fisheries treaty 1888
• Creation of Canadian Criminal Code 1892
• Bering Sea Tribunal 1893