Background
TUPPER, Charles was born on July 2, 1821. Son of late liev. Charles Tupper, D. D., Aylesford, Nova Scotia.
TUPPER, Charles was born on July 2, 1821. Son of late liev. Charles Tupper, D. D., Aylesford, Nova Scotia.
Acadia and Edinburgh Universities. Was fourteen consecutive times returned as Member of Parliament for his native county, Cumberland, N.S., Canada, and represented it for thirty-one years. Premier of province of Nova Scotia at time of Confederation, 1867.
Sworn of Privy Council of the Dominion of Canada, 1870. Master of Arts; Doctor of Civil Law. Doctor of Laws Cambridge.
Doctor of Medicine.
President of Privy Council, 1870-1872. Minister of Inland Revenue, 1872-1873. Minister of Customs, 1873.
Minister of Public Works, 1878-1879. Minister of Railways and Canals, 1879-1884. High Commissioner for Canada in England, 1883-1887, 1888-1896.
Minister of Finance, 1887-1888. Was one of His (or Her) Majesty’s Plenipotentiaries on Fisheiy Commission, Washington, 1887-1888. And to negotiate treaty between Canada and France, 1893.
Prime Minister of Dominion of Canada, 1896. Leader of Opposition, House of Commons, Canada, 1896-1900. IstBt., cartulary-register 1888; er. 1879; C. B. 1867; P.C. 190S; Honourable Edinburgh, Acadia,and Queen’s.
Clubs: British Empire, United Empire, Manitoba, Winnipeg.
Spouse 1846, Frances,daughter of late Silas H. Morse, Amherst, Nova Scotia. Heir: J. Stewart.