Tupper, Sir Charles

Japanese: タッパー（英語表記）Tupper， Sir Charles

Born: July 2, 1821, Amherst, Nova Scotia
[Died] October 30, 1915. Bexleyheath, Kent. Canadian politician. Prime Minister (in office 1896). He studied medicine and became a successful practicing physician, but was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Representatives in 1855 and entered politics. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867. Despite the strong opposition of his political rival J. Howe, he promoted the unification of British colonies in North America and Confederation, becoming one of the founding fathers of the country. In 1970 he joined the JA MacDonald cabinet, and in 1978 he became Minister of Public Works (Railways and Canals), promoting the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1884 he went to London as Canada's High Commissioner (Ambassador), and remained in this position until 1896, except for a period when he served as Minister of Finance in the MacDonald cabinet from 1887 to 1888. In the same year, the Conservative Party, which was struggling with leadership difficulties, recalled him to the position of Prime Minister, but six months later the Conservative Party lost the general election and handed power to the Liberal Party. He served as leader of the Conservative Party until 1900, when he was defeated in the election and retired from politics.

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Tupper, Martin Farquhar

[Born] 1810
[Died] 1889
British author. Author of Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1876), a mnemonic set of commonly used proverbs and morals.

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Japanese:

[生]1821.7.2. ノバスコシア，アマースト
[没]1915.10.30. ケント，ベックスレイヒース
カナダの政治家。首相 (在任 1896) 。医学を学び開業医として成功したが，1855年ノバスコシア植民地下院に選出されて政界に入った。保守党に属し，64～67年ノバスコシア植民地首相に就任。政敵 J.ハウの強固な反対にあったが，北アメリカにおけるイギリス植民地の統合，コンフェデレーションを推進，建国の父祖の一人となった。 70年に J. A.マクドナルド内閣に入閣，78年公共事業 (鉄道・運河建設) 担当相となり，カナダ太平洋鉄道の建設を促進した。 84年にカナダの高等弁務官 (大使) としてロンドンへおもむき，87～88年マクドナルド内閣で蔵相をつとめた期間を除き，96年までこの職にとどまった。同年指導者難に悩んでいた保守党は彼を呼戻して首相の座に据えたが，6ヵ月後の総選挙で保守党は敗れ，自由党に政権を譲り渡した。 1900年まで保守党党首をつとめたが，この年落選して政界から引退した。