John Sutherland (August 21, 1821 – April 27, 1899) was a Canadian farmer and politician from
Manitoba.
Biography
Sutherland was born in
Point Douglas in what was then the
Red River Colony, and was educated at
St. John's College, Following the flood of 1852, he moved to
East Kildonan where he operated a
general store and farmed. Later in life, Sutherland helped found
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.
Political career
In 1866, Sutherland was appointed to the
Council of Assiniboia which had been created by the
Hudson's Bay Company to govern the territory until it was dissolved in 1870.
During the
Red River Rebellion, Sutherland was a leader of the "loyalists" and was a delegate to the Convention of Forty in 1870.
In February 1870, the
Provisional Government of the Red River Colony appointed Sutherland Collector of Customs. When Manitoba entered
Canadian Confederation on July 15, 1870, Sutherland was appointed the first
High Sheriff of Manitoba and held the office until December 1871, when he was appointed to the
Senate of Canada
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by Sir
John A. Macdonald. He sat on the Senate as an
Independent Conservative until his death in 1899.
References
External links
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Manitoba Historical Society biography
1821 births
1899 deaths
People of the Red River Rebellion
Canadian senators from Manitoba
Independent Canadian senators
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