Born

• 26 June 1854, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia

Education

• Acacia Villa Academy, Horton, Nova Scotia

Personal Status

• Married 1889, Laura Bond (1863-1940)

Professional Life

• 1868-1872 Teacher, Horton, Nova Scotia
• 1872-1874 Teacher, Matawan, New Jersey
• Lawyer (called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1878)
• 1924-1930 Chancellor, Queen's University
• 1928 President, Crown Life Insurance
• 1929 President, Barclay's Bank (Canada)
• 1930 President, Canadian Historical Association
• Author

Died

• 10 June 1937, Ottawa, Ontario

Buried

• Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario

Party

• Conservative
• 1901-1920 Party Leader
• 1917-1920 Union Government (a coalition of pro-consciption Liberals and Conservatives)

Constituencies

• 1896-1904, 1908-1917 Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 1905-1908 Carleton, Ontario
• 1917-1920 King's County, Nova Scotia

Other Ministries

• 1911-1917 President of the Privy Council
• 1912-1920 External Affairs

Political Record

• Leader of the Opposition 1901-1911
• Led Canada as Prime Minister throughout the First World War 1914-1918
• War Measures Act 1914
• Income War Tax Act 1917
• Military Service Act 1917
• Wartime Elections Act 1917
• Principal author of Resolution IX of the 1917 Imperial War Conference
• Franchise extended to women 1918
• Leader of Canadian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference 1919