Born: May 8, 1818, Gagetown, New Brunswick Died June 25, 1896. Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. After working as a pharmacist, he entered politics in 1850 when he was elected to the New Brunswick House of Representatives, and in 1861 he became the colony's Prime Minister. As a representative of the reformist liberals, he supported the union of the maritime colonies and eventually of all the British colonies in North America, and participated in the Charlottetown Convention and the Quebec Convention, leading the colony of New Brunswick to Confederation. In 1867 he was elected to the federal House of Representatives, and joined the cabinet as the first Minister of Customs. In 1873 he became Minister of Finance. During the resignation of JA MacDonald from 1873 to 1878, he served as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, but in 1878 he returned to the position and worked hard to realize the protective tariff "National Policy". He then retired from central politics due to ill health, and was reappointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1885 to 1893. Tilly |
[生]1818.5.8. ニューブランズウィック,ゲイジタウン [没]1896.6.25. ニューブランズウィック,セントジョン カナダの政治家。薬屋を経て 1850年ニューブランズウィック植民地下院議員に当選して政界入りし,61年には同植民地首相に就任。改革派たる自由主義者を代表していた彼は,沿海植民地の連合からひいては北アメリカにおける全イギリス植民地の連合を支持し,シャーロットタウン会議やケベック会議に参加,ニューブランズウィック植民地をコンフェデレーションに導いた。 67年連邦下院議員に選出され,初代関税相として入閣,73年には蔵相となった。 73年から 78年の J.A.マクドナルドの下野の間はニューブランズウィック州の副総督をつとめたが,78年再び蔵相に返り咲き,保護関税「国策 (ナショナル・ポリシー) 」の実現に尽力した。その後健康を害して中央政界を退き,85~93年ニューブランズウィックの副総督に再び任命された。 ティリー
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