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  Charles Tupper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Charles Tupper, P.C. July 2, 1821 – October 30, 1915) was the sixth Prime Minister of Canada and, as of 2005, the one with the shortest term of office.
Tupper was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, studied at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and became a doctor upon his graduation in 1843.
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.
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 James William Johnston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnston was a descendent of Loyalists who fled the United States during the revolutionary war.
Johnston was a member of the Tory establishment in Nova Scotia.
Johnston was an early supporter of Canadian confederation seeing it as a means of correcting the failings of responsible government.
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 William Johnston Tupper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tupper was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Charles Tupper (who later served as Premier of Nova Scotia from 1863 to 1867, and Prime Minister of Canada in 1896).
Tupper ran against Winkler again in 1915, but lost by a wider margin during a disastrous provincial defeat for his party.
Tupper was sworn in as lieutenant governor on December 1, 1934, and served until November 1, 1940.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Johnston_Tupper   (381 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Tupper may have been motivated by his awareness of the electoral débâcle that was to follow, for in the first federal elections in September he was the only pro-confederate in Nova Scotia to win a seat (Cumberland), and then by a very narrow margin.
Tupper’s greatest challenge was the completion of the Pacific railway, which he viewed not merely as a Canadian railway but as “an Imperial Highway across the Continent of America entirely on British soil.” He made several popular changes in its route and began to distribute contracts for further work.
Tupper lowered freight rates as a means of increasing traffic and revenues and made substantial reductions in operating costs; by the early 1880s the railway was operating at a profit.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41869   (7755 words)

  
 Sir Charles Tupper - Canadian Confederation
Charles Tupper was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, the son of Charles Tupper and Miriam Lockhart.
Tupper first ran for office as a Conservative in Nova Scotia in 1855, winning a hotly contested election in Cumberland County against Joseph Howe (although his own party fared less well).
Tupper's remaining years were spent at Bexleyheath, England at the home of his married daughter, with frequent trips back to Canada to visit his sons.
www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2420-e.html   (969 words)

  
 The Land We Live In by John Huston Finley, LL.D., L.H.D.
Johnstone was the son of an Edinburgh merchant, a captain in the army of Prince Charles Edward Stewart, who escaped to Holland.
William Davidson, a native of Inverness, came to Miramichi in 1765 and was the pioneer of the great lumber industry.
James William Johnston, statesman, lawyer and judge, son of Dr. Johnston, of Edinburgh, formed a Government with Sir Charles Tupper, one of the first to propose confederation.
www.electricscotland.com /history/descendants/chap27.htm   (5643 words)

  
 William Johnston Tupper - Result for William Johnston Tupper - Meaning of William Johnston Tupper - Definition of ...
Tupper was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Charles Tupper (who later served as Premier of Nova Scotia from 1863 to 1867, and Prime Minister of Canada in 1896).
Tupper entered political life in 1914, running as a Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba Conservative in the rural provincial riding of Morden and Rhineland.
In 1920, Tupper was one of two Conservatives elected to the provincial legislature for Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg, which elected ten members by preferential balloting.
www.mauspfeil.net /William_Johnston_Tupper.html   (482 words)

  
 Dictionnaire biographique du Canada en ligne
Tupper et Samuel Leonard Tilley*, premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick, agissaient comme cosecrétaires, mais en raison de l’arrivée d’une délégation canadienne, on cessa de discuter de l’union des Maritimes et l’on adopta plutôt un projet de confédération.
Tupper diminua le fret pour augmenter le trafic et les recettes, et il réduisit de beaucoup les frais d’exploitation ; dès le début des années 1880, l’Intercolonial réalisait des bénéfices.
Tupper lui-même subit la défaite et, deux jours après le scrutin, il annonça sa démission en désignant comme successeur son ami et concitoyen néo-écossais Robert Laird Borden*.
www.biographi.ca /fr/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41869   (9436 words)

  
 Marriages Solemnized by William Smart.
24th.-William Williams, of Elizabethtown, and Mariah Ducalon, of Yonge, banns, witnesses Stephen Ducalon, Abraliam Haskins.
18th.-Peter Purvis, of Yonge, and Kezia Pennock, of Elizabethtown, banns, witnesses Daniel Pennock, William Pennock.
March 21st.-Roger Percivall, of Augusta, and William Wallace [sic], of Yonge, banns, witnesses Wm.
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 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Johnston’s tory successor as premier, Charles Tupper, shared Johnston’s views, and was in no hurry to indulge Pictou County, second largest urban centre in the province, with a railway from Truro.
Sir Charles Tupper, who thought of himself as leader of Nova Scotian Conservatives, dominion and provincial, was then living in Ontario, and the role largely devolved on Jim (as he was known locally).
Sir Charles Tupper, then minister of railways and canals, seems to have had the final recommendation to Macdonald on such senior appointments in Nova Scotia, and he was away in British Columbia.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41701   (1299 words)

  
 The Battle of Shiloh
The Kentucky-born Johnston was appointed to West Point from Louisiana and graduated eighth in the class of 1826.
Johnston had hoped to attack Grant and his Army of Tennessee,47,000 strong before Gen. Buell reinforced Grant with 17,000 and Lew Wallace with 6,000 Gen. Johnston expected to begin battle at light on the 5th, but because of rains and bad roads it was postponed to the 6th.
As Johnston sat on his horse watching the lines reform, a ball from the gun of an unknown Union soldier struck the Southern commander, severing the large artery in his right leg.
www.civilwarhistory.com /shiloh.htm   (2188 words)

  
 Obituaries: Week ending 02/24/01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
William is survived by his wife of 55 years, Hattie (Quinn); two sons, William E. Peek Jr.
William R. Royal in 1970 and resided in Warm Mineral Springs, Fla., until William's death in 1998.
Born on Sept. 27, 1926, in Tupper Lake, she was the daughter of Duffy and Emma (Boisjolie) Bedore.
www.pressrepublican.com /News/obits/ob022401.htm   (8175 words)

  
 William Johnson TUPPER, Lieutenant Governor & Margaret W.T. MACDONALD
William Johnston Tupper, K.C. was born in Born Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 29, 1862.
William Tupper was educated at Galt Collegiate Institute; Upper Canada College, Toronto; Harvard University Law School; called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1885 and to the Manitoba Bar in 1886.
William Tupper was appointed King's Counsel in 1913 and a Member of the Council, Manitoba Bar Association in 1913.
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 The Great Railway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
His credentials satisfied Tupper that he was the right man for the job.
William Nelson, that was responsible for Julia's leaving the convent and coming to live along the Fraser.
William Lawrence said of him: "If you have a difficult bridge to build or a tough road to construct Fred McLellan is the man to do it." He got the contracts to build practically all of Langley's principal bridges and roads in the 1880s and 90s.
www.fortlangley.ca /langley/4rail.html   (5184 words)

  
 The Collections of The Nova Scotia Historical Society.
John William Ritchie (1808-1890); Judge in Equity, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia]"; by Hon.
"Some Incidents in the Life of Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper"; by Frank H. Patterson ; This is the son, or as Patterson labels him "Sir Hibbert"; Born in 1855, Sir Hibbert represented Pictou County at Ottawa and was a federal cabinet minister between 1888 and 1896; vol.
"William Hall, V.C. of Horton Bluff, Nova Scotia Nineteenth-Century Naval Hero" by David W. States; William Hall [1829-1904] was the first fl person in the British Empire to win a Victoria Cross medal; Vol #44 (1996); pp.
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
William received a grant of land in Kingston area, near that of his brother James - see land grant map.
The land is on Pleasant Street and borders Johnstone Tupper etc. The document is witnessed by H.L. Baker and Abram Pearce.
William is listed on 1901 census, but I haven't found the rest of the family.
www.genealogycanada.ca /aylesford/2william.htm   (9008 words)

  
 Index of Queens of the Western Ocean, J-Z, 61011247
L., 523 Johnson, Capt. William, 494 Johnson & Lowden, 266, 267, 273, 462, 478, 501, 503, 504 Johnston, Capt., 468 Johnston, Capt. B.
H., 504 Johnston (Johnstone), Capt. J., 257, 405, 469, 474 Johnston, Matthew & James, Jr., 81 Johnston, Capt. N.
C., 517 Johnston, Capt. R., 472 Johnston, Capt. William, 456 Johnston & Ellis, 127 Johonnot, Daniel, 35 Joline, Capt. William, 481 Jones, Capt., 469, 481, 493, 512 Jones, Capt. A., 478, 507, 526 Jones, Capt. Alex, 547 Jones, Capt. Alexander, 543, 545 Jones, Capt. B.
www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/becites/genealogy/immigrant/61011247.idx2.html   (8205 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: William Johnston Tupper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
William Johnston Tupper ( June 26, 1862 - November 1, 1840) was a politician and office holder in Manitoba, Canada.
Tupper was sworn in as Lt. Governor on December 1, 1934, and served until November 1, 1940.
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Johnston-Tupper   (391 words)

  
 Quorum Review: The Party That Stanfield Rebuilt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
With the provincial election day not far away, voters and partisan volunteers may not be aware that had Robert Stanfield not begun work in the 1940s to rebuild his party, the Progressive Conservative Party would likely have remained a minority party in Nova Scotia or might have ceased to exist entirely.
Although Sir Charles Tupper is no doubt a more familiar name, James William Johnston is generally acknowledged as the founder and first leader of the Liberal-Conservatives.
It was apparent at this time that Tupper was considered by many to be the party’s patriarch, the real Party Chief, a “Chief’s Chief” perhaps.
www.wintermute.ca /quorumreview/qr0103/stanfield.htm   (2734 words)

  
 Charles Tupper -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Not to be confused with Sir (Click link for more info and facts about Charles Hibbert Tupper) Charles Hibbert Tupper who was Sir Charles Tupper's son
Despite these successes he was (Click link for more info and facts about Prime Minister of Canada) Prime Minister of Canada for just 69 days in 1896, the shortest term ever for a Canadian Prime Minister.
He retired from politics in 1901, after thirty years in national politics.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ch/Charles_Tupper.htm   (179 words)

  
 Environmental History of North America Bibliography
Goetzmann, William H. Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West.
Pisani, Donald J. "The Origins of Reclamation in the Arid West: William Ralston's Canal and the Federal Irrigation Commission of 1873." Journal of the West 22, no. 2 (1983): 9-19.
Lass, William E. "The History and Significance of the Northwest Fur Company, 1865-1869." North Dakota History 61 (Summer 1994): 21-40.
geography.berkeley.edu /ProjectsResources/Publications/envirobib.html   (12204 words)

  
 Fathers of Confederation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sir William Pearce Howland was born at Paulings in New York State on May 29, 1811.
As a teacher, in his early days, Charles Tupper was one of his pupils.
Pope was an early convert to the idea of British American union and gave vigorous support to the Quebec Resolutions in his newspaper The Islander.
www.canadainfolink.ca /confederation.htm   (4072 words)

  
 Geoff Gamble Books
BC 57 Life on a Locomotive by George H Williams.
JC 73 Locomotives at the Grouping Vol 1 Southern Railway by H C Casserley and S W Johnston.
JC 75 Locomotives at the Grouping Vol 3 London Midland and Scottish Railway by H C Casserley and S W Johnston.
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 Anglo Saxon wreck 1863
Cape, John Williams, Andrew Gibbie, Robert Cain, John Johnson, William Bennett, Thomas McCormick, Thomas Lloyd, John Larkin, Thomas Quayle, John Pritchard, James Wilson, William Edmonston, Joseph Heasley, Thomas Chapman, Frederick Hunter, Thomas Phelom, George Taylor, John M. Ellis, Peter Patterson, James Martain, George Moffatt, Thomas Hannibal, James Redmond, John Halloran.
Like all vessels belonging to this line of steamers, the Anglo-Saxon was well found in every respect.
About 6 o'clock on the 16th of April last she sailed from Liverpool for Quebec, with the Canadian mails, a full cargo, and a large number of passengers, under command of Captain William Burgess, who held, deservedly the reputation of being an experienced and cautious officer, and an excellent seaman.
www.theshipslist.com /ships/Wrecks/anglosaxon.htm   (9197 words)

  
 St. Luke's Cemetery, Bayham Twp., Elgin County, Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
JOHNSTON / William B./ 1873 - 1950 / Jessie his wife/ 1884 - 1971/ daughter Dorothy MONTEITH / 1907 - 1932
William H. / died March 2, 1907/in his 82nd year/ his wife/Matilda CONNOR / died Nov. 26, 1929/ in her 75th year/ DENNIS
In memory of/ Mary J./ dau of C. and Sarah/ COOKSON / who died/ Mar. 30, 1875/ aged 3 yrs/ 2 ms and 11 ds/ We loved this tender little one/ And would have wished her stay/ But let our Father's will be done/ She shines in endless day.
www.elginogs.ca /cemeteries/bayham/stluke.htm   (14593 words)

  
 Volume 4 Index
Johnston, James Houstoun Johnston, James Robertson Johnston, Joseph Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, M.T. Johnston, Thomas Johnston, William Johnston, William Martin Jolly, Asa JonesSG (of Liberty County) Jones, A.C. Jones, Alethea Anderson (see Call) Jones, Anna Wylly (Habersham) Jones, Baker Jones, Catherine Ann (see Dilworth) Jones, Charles B. Jones, Charles Colcock Jr.
Long, William T. Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin Longstreeet, Gilbert Longstreet, W.D. Longstreet, William López, Narciso Loring, Edward Lott, Annie Maria (see Clark) Louis, L. Love, Charles Love, James M. Love, S.B. Lovejoy, John H. Jr.
A.F. Wayne, Anthony Wayne, Henry Constantine Wayne, James Moore Wayne, R. Wayne, Richard Wayne, Richard Alexander Wayne, William Clifford Weaver, A.G. Weaver, B.W. Webb, Charles Webb, John E. Webb, LT (of Beaufort District, South Carolina) Webb, Richard Webb, Mrs.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ella TUPPER Female English 18 Nova Scotia Baptist
John TUPPER Male English 11 Nova Scotia Baptist
Elizabeth TUPPER Female English 3 Nova Scotia Baptist
www.sprague-database.org /sg/f1143.htm   (362 words)

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