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Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet GCMG, CB, PC, M.D. [1] (July 2, 1821 – October 30, 1915) 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.
Feb 21, 2008 · Sir Charles Tupper, prime minister, premier of Nova Scotia 1864–67, doctor (born 2 July 1821 in Amherst, NS; died 30 October 1915 in Bexleyheath, England). Charles Tupper led Nova Scotia into Confederation while he was premier.
Charles Tupper was the shortest-serving prime minister in Canadian history, a fact he greatly resented. An accomplished Canadian statesman with over 40 years of political experience, he seemed like the perfect guy to lead the country — at least on paper.
Jun 28, 2024 · Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet (born July 2, 1821, Amherst, Nova Scotia—died Oct. 30, 1915, Bexleyheath, Eng.) was the premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867 and prime minister of Canada in 1896, who was responsible for the legislation that made Nova Scotia a province of Canada in 1867.
In 1863 he was elected president of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia and in 1867–70 he served as first president of the Canadian Medical Association. He transferred his practice to Ottawa in 1868, and during the period in opposition after 1873 he practised there and in Toronto.
Charles Tupper, a medical doctor by training and trade, began his political career by taking a seat in the Nova Scotia Assembly in 1855, defeating Joseph Howe in Cumberland county, and becoming provincial secretary two years later when the Conservatives took power under James William Johnstone.
Jun 30, 2013 · Charles Tupper was the author of Baptist principles vindicated: in reply to the Revd. J. W. D. Gray’s work on baptism (Halifax, 1844) and Prohibition and anti-prohibition: being a series of letters . . . in favor of prohibition, and replies to the same, by John Bent (Saint John, N.B., 1856).
