“could never hope to occupy a position of influence or importance except in connection with their larger sister Canada”
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Charles Tupper
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian Father of Confederation who served as the sixth prime minister of Canada from May 1 to July 8, 1896. As the premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He briefly served as the Canadian prime minister, from seven days after parliament had been dissolved, until he was dismissed by the Governor General on July 8, 18…
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science · Father of Confederation, Prime Minister of Canada in 1896 · politician · lawyer · diplomat · physician · also Charles Tupper, Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, Charles, 1st Baronet Tupper, Sir Charles Tupper, Tupper
Born 2 July 1821 · Died 30 October 1915 · Q128672
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2026· 1 entry
2016· 2 entries
Awarded Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (2016).
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Was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
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1915· 3 entries
Died 1915-10-30.
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In Bexleyheath, Tupper died
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And was buried back in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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1914· 1 entry
Entitled Political Reminiscences of the Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper
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1907· 3 entries
Tupper became a member of the British Privy Council
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1907).
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Career landmark: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom (1907–1915).
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1899· 1 entry
And criticized Laurier for not doing enough to support Britain in the war
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1896· 8 entries
Following his party's loss in the 1896 Canadian federal election
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And the 7th Canadian Ministry with Tupper as prime minister was sworn in on May 1 making him one of only three prime ministers to not sit in Parliament while prime minister
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Seven cabinet ministers resigned, demanding the return of Tupper
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1896–1900).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1896).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Official Opposition (1896–1901).
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Canada (1896–1896).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1896–1896).
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1895· 2 entries
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled that the Canadian federal government could pass remedial legislation to overrule the Manitoba Schools Act (see Disallowance and reservation)
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The government of Mackenzie Bowell floundered over the Manitoba Schools Question; as a result, several leading members of the Conservative Party of Canada demanded the return of Tupper to serve as prime minister
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1893· 1 entry
For which some people blamed Tupper
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1891· 2 entries
And 1892, Tupper denounced the position that Canada should unilaterally reduce its tariff on British goods
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Opened the possibility of Tupper's replacing him as Prime Minister of Canada, but Tupper enjoyed life in London and decided against returning to Canada
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1890· 1 entry
The provincial secretary of Newfoundland, Robert Bond, negotiated a fisheries treaty with the U
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1887· 3 entries
With Tupper serving as one of the three British commissioners to negotiate with the Americans
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1887–1888).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1887–1888).
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1883· 4 entries
Tupper convinced William Ewart Gladstone's government to exempt Canadian cattle from the general British ban on importing American cattle by demonstrating that Canadian cattle were free of disease
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Acknowledges the work of Charles Tupper:
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Where he openly disagreed with the British delegation; and in 1884 he was allowed to conduct negotiations for a Canadian commercial treaty with Spain
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And would remain High Commissioner until 1895, although in 1887–1888, he served as Minister of Finance without relinquishing the High Commissionership
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1882· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1882–1884).
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1880· 2 entries
George Stephen approached Tupper on behalf of a syndicate and asked to be allowed to take over construction of the railway
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But the men were no longer close, and Tupper no longer seemed to be Macdonald's heir apparent
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1879· 2 entries
Forced the Intercolonial Railway to lower its freight rates, which had been a major grievance of Maritime business interests
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Over Sandford Fleming, whom Tupper supported but whom Macdonald wanted removed as Chief Engineer of the CPR
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1878· 2 entries
Tupper became Minister of Public Works
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1878–1882).
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1874· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1874–1878).
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1872· 2 entries
Tupper's service as Privy Council president ended and he became Minister of Inland Revenue
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1872–1874).
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1869· 2 entries
Tupper was distressed to find that his daughter Emma's husband was being held hostage by Louis Riel and the rebels
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By the privately owned Windsor & Annapolis Railway
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1868· 1 entry
To attempt to persuade the British government (headed by the Earl of Derby, and then after February 1868 by Benjamin Disraeli) to allow Nova Scotia to secede from Confederation
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1867· 5 entries
And on July 4, Tupper turned over responsibility for the government of Nova Scotia to Hiram Blanchard
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Awarded Companion of the Order of the Bath (1867).
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Tupper resigned as premier of Nova Scotia and began a career in federal politics
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Career landmark: president (1867–1869).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1867–1872).
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1865· 1 entry
Introduced a bill providing for compulsory local taxation to fund these schools
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1864· 4 entries
Tupper instead proposed a Maritime Union which would unite the Maritime provinces in advance of a projected future union with the Province of Canada
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Career landmark: Premier of Nova Scotia (1864–1867).
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Tupper appointed Sandford Fleming as the chief engineer of the Nova Scotia Railway in order to expand the line from Truro to Pictou Landing
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Creating a system of state-subsidized common schools
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1863· 3 entries
When the Liberals introduced legislation to restrict the Nova Scotia franchise, a move which Johnston and Tupper successfully blocked
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After a 20-year hiatus, Dalhousie College was re-opened as a non-denominational institution of higher learning
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Was elected president of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia
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1861· 1 entry
Tupper worried that a victorious North would turn northward and conquer the British North American provinces
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1858· 1 entry
To attempt to secure imperial backing for this project
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1855· 1 entry
Tupper ran against the prominent Liberal politician Joseph Howe for the Cumberland County seat in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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1846· 1 entry
Broke off an engagement that he had contracted at age 17 with the daughter of a wealthy Halifax merchant, and instead married Frances Morse (1826–1912), the granddaughter of Colonel Joseph Morse, a founder of Amherst,
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1839· 1 entry
Spent a short time in New Brunswick working as a teacher, then moved to Windsor, Nova Scotia, to study medicine (1839–1840) with Dr
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1837· 1 entry
At age 16, Tupper attended Horton Academy in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, where he learned Latin, Greek, and some French
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1821· 2 entries
Born 1821-07-02.
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In Amherst, Nova Scotia, to Charles Tupper Sr
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1817· 1 entry
And was editor of Baptist Magazine 1832–1836
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