Background
TUPPER, Charles Hibbert was born in 1855. Son of Sir C. Tupper, 1st Baronet.
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Charles Hibbert TUPPER
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Studied at M‘Gill College Montreal (Governor-General Scholarship). Harvard Law School.; Bachelor of Laws.
Career
Barrister Nova Scotia, 1877. Ontario, 1895; British Columbia, 1898. Bencher of B.C. Law Society.
Elected to House of Commons, 1882, 1887, 1888,1891, 1890-1900. Member of Canadian House of Commons for Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1882- 1904. Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 1888-1895.
Minister of Justice and AttorneyGeneral for Canada, 1895-1890. Agent of His Britannic Majesty Paris Tribunal of Arbitration, 1892 (Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George). Senior member of legal firm Tupper and Griffin, Vancouver, B.C.
President Vancouver Club. Harvard; King’s Counsel.
Membership
Clubs: Union, Victoria, B.C.; Vancouver, Country, Terminal, Vancouver, B.C.
