|
Lanark South (ward)
Lanark South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Lanark into two ridings: Lanark South and Lanark North. In 1882, the South Riding of Lanark was defined as consisting of the townships of Bathurst, North Elmsley, Beckwith, South Sherbrooke, North Burgess, Drummond and Montague, the Town of Perth, and the Village of Carleton Place. In 1903, the Town of Smith's Falls was added to the riding, and the Village of Carleton Place was excluded. The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Lanark riding. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Election history On Mr. Morris being named Minister of Inland Revenue, 16 November 1869: On Mr. Haggart being named Postmaster Genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British North America Act Of 1867
The ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (french: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867),''The Constitution Act, 1867'', 30 & 31 Victoria (U.K.), c. 3, http://canlii.ca/t/ldsw retrieved on 2019-03-14. originally enacted as the ''British North America Act, 1867'' (BNA Act), is a major part of the Constitution of Canada. The act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its federal structure, the House of Commons, the Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system. In 1982, with the patriation of the Constitution, the British North America Acts which were originally enacted by the British Parliament, including this Act, were renamed. Although, the acts are still known by their original names in records of the United Kingdom. Amendments were also made at this time: section 92A was added, giving provinces greater control over non-renewable natural resources. History Preamble and Part I The act begins with a preamble declaring th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Morris (politician)
Alexander Morris (March 17, 1826 – October 28, 1889) was a Canadian politician. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (1869–1872), and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (1872–1877). He also served as the founder and first Lieutenant Governor of the District of Keewatin. Biography Morris was born in Perth, Upper Canada (now Ontario), the son of William Morris, himself a prominent Canadian businessman and Conservative politician. From this privileged social position, Morris was educated in Canada and Scotland and worked for three years at the Montreal firm of Thorne and Heward. In 1847, he moved to Kingston, Ontario, and articled for a year under John A. Macdonald. In 1849, he became the first person to receive an arts degree from McGill University. He would subsequently receive other degrees from McGill, including a DCL in 1862. In 1851, he was admitted to the bar in both Canada East and Canada West; he subsequently built up a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart, but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2021 federal election on . There are four ridings established by the British North America Act of 1867 that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These ridings, however, have experienced territorial changes since their inception. On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelbert Edward Hanna
Adelbert Edward Hanna (May 29, 1863 – February 27, 1918) was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Lanark South from 1913 to 1917 as a Conservative and Lanark from 1917 to 1918 as a Unionist Party member. He was born in Harlem, Canada West, the son of James K. Hanna and Jane Gallagher, and was educated in Athens, at McGill University and the University of Edinburgh. He practised medicine in Perth. Hanna was surgeon for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1895, he married Bessie Scott. Hanna was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1913 by-election held after the death of John Graham Haggart John Graham Haggart, (November 14, 1836 – March 13, 1913) was a Canadian politician. Haggart served as a Member of Parliament from 1872 to 1913. This forty-year period of service in the Commons is the second-longest in Canadian history, .... He died in office in Westmount, Quebec at the age of 54. References Alumni of the University of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCarthyites (Canada)
The McCarthyites were a short-lived anti- Catholic and anti-French-Canadian political movement which contested the 23 June 1896 federal election in Canada. The McCarthyite movement and the Patrons of Industry represented the first challenge to the two-party system in Canada. Dalton McCarthy was the only "McCarthyite" to win election (he contested and won two seats), and the movement disbanded in 1898, not long after his death. Formation and political platform Dalton McCarthy, an Irish-born lawyer, had been elected as a Conservative in Simcoe North in the 1872 election, and was re-elected in every subsequent election. Seen as a protégé of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald and "the 'brains of the party'", McCarthy was seen as "a logical successor to leadership". However, in 1891, McCarthy left the Conservative Party after disagreements with its leader, and ran and won as an independent. McCarthy was notoriously anti- Catholic and anti-French-Canadian. He was a founder of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Theodore Frost
Francis Theodore Frost (December 21, 1843 – August 25, 1916) was a Canadian manufacturer and politician. Born in Smiths Falls, Canada West, the son of Ebenezer Frost and Caroline Harwood, he was educated in Smiths Falls, Coventry, Vermont and Potsdam, New York. Frost manufactured farm implements in Smith Falls. He was reeve of Smiths Falls from 1876 to 1883 and became the town's first mayor in 1883. Frost also served as warden for Lanark County. In 1868, he married Maria E. Powell. Frost was defeated three times (in the 1878, 1882, and 1891 elections) before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1896 federal election in the Ontario riding of Leeds North and Grenville North. A Liberal, he was defeated in the 1900 federal election. In 1903, he was appointed Director of Imperial Guarantee and Accident Insurance Company of Canada, and was also appointed to the Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Graham Haggart
John Graham Haggart, (November 14, 1836 – March 13, 1913) was a Canadian politician. Haggart served as a Member of Parliament from 1872 to 1913. This forty-year period of service in the Commons is the second-longest in Canadian history, exceeded only by Wilfrid Laurier, whose period of service (1874-1919) mostly overlaps with Haggart's. He was appointed as Postmaster General, serving in the cabinets of John A. Macdonald and John Abbott until 1892, when he switched portfolios, serving as Minister of Railways and Canals until the defeat of the Conservative government in 1896. Prior to being elected to the House of Commons, Haggart was elected Mayor of Perth, Ontario three times: in 1867, 1869 and 1871. There is a John Haggart fonds at Library and Archives Canada Library and Archives Canada (LAC; french: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution, tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Inland Revenue
The Minister of Inland Revenue is the political office of Minister for the department of Inland Revenue which is responsible for the collection of taxes. "Minister of Inland Revenue" is a title held by politicians in different countries. the office (renamed as "Minister of Revenue") remains in use in New Zealand, held by Stuart Nash; no historical information about the New Zealand office is provided on the government web site. Other countries In Canada the office of Minister of Inland Revenue was created by Statute 31 Vict., c. 49, and assented to on 22 May 1868. The first office holder was William Pearce Howland. In 1918 it was combined with The Department of Customs to become the Department of Customs and Inland Revenue. Arthur Lewis Sifton was Canadian Minister of Inland Revenue on May 17, 1918, the next day May 18, 1918, he was Canadian Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue. Since 1927, the position has been the Minister of National Revenue. In Hong Kong the similar p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanark (federal Electoral District)
Lanark was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1914 from Lanark North and Lanark South ridings. It consisted of the county of Lanark. The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark and Renfrew ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada: Electoral history On Mr. Hanna's death, 27 February 1918: On Mr. Stewart's death, 7 October 1922: On Mr. Preston's death, 8 February 1929: On Mr. Blair's death, 16 June 1957: See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanark North
Lanark North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Lanark into two ridings: Lanark South and Lanark North. In 1882, the North Riding of Lanark was defined to consist of the townships of Ramsay, Pakenham, Darling, Dalhousie, North Sherbrooke, Lavant, Fitzroy, Huntley and Lanark, the Town of Almonte, and the Village of Lanark. In 1903, the village of Carleton Place was added to the riding, and the townships of Fitzroy and Huntley were excluded. The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Lanark riding. Electoral history On Mr. Galbraith's death, 17 December 1879: On Mr. Jamieson being appointed Junior County Judge, Wellington County, 8 December 1891: {{CANelec, CA, Liberal, CALDWELL, Thomas Boyd , 1,386 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
