Charles Tupper
Rank:6th (
1896)
Date of Birth:July_2,
1821
Place of Birth:Amherst,_Nova_Scotia
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Sir
Charles Tupper (
July_2,
1821 -
October_30,
1915) was the sixth
Prime_Minister_of_Canada.
Born in
Amherst,_Nova_Scotia, Tupper studied at the
University_of_Edinburgh,
Scotland, becoming a
doctor upon his graduation in
1843. In
1846 he married Frances Morse (
1826-
1912), with whom he had three sons and three daughters.
He entered
Nova_Scotia politics in
1855 and became premier in
1864 as leader of the
Confederation_Party. As a delegate to the
Charlottetown,
Quebec, and
London conferences, Tupper guided his province into
Confederation. Sir Charles Tupper's public career was long and successful. He was
Canada's
High_Commissioner to
Great_Britain from
1884 to
1887, and later served as one of Sir
John_A._Macdonald's key lieutenants. In
1895, he returned from service as Canada's representative in Britain to take over the leadership of the
Conservative party, replacing
Mackenzie_Bowell, in whose leadership the party was "dissatisfied" because of the controversial
Manitoba_Schools_Question. Despite these successes he was
Prime_Minister_of_Canada for just 69 days in
1896, the shortest term ever for a Canadian Prime Minister.
Tupper led the Conservatives into the 1896 election; however, the question of the educational rights of
French-speaking Manitobans turned voters, especially in
Quebec, towards the
Liberals under
Wilfrid_Laurier, and Tupper's Conservatives were defeated. He retired from politics in
1901, after thirty years in national politics.
Sir Charles Tupper died in Bexleyheath,
Kent, England at the age of 94, and was brought home to be buried in St. John's Cemetery,
Halifax,_Nova_Scotia.
Preceded by:
Sir Mackenzie_Bowell1894-1896
Prime Minister of Canada1896
Followed by:
Sir Wilfrid_Laurier1896-1911
Preceded by:
Sir Mackenzie_Bowell
Federal Conservative Leader
Followed by:
Sir Robert_Laird_Borden
Preceded by:
James_W._Johnston1863-1864
Premier of Nova Scotia1864-1867
Followed by:
Hiram_Blanchard1867
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