Sir Mackenzie Bowell

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Born 1823, Died 1917

Born

• December 27, 1823, Rickinghall, England
• Emigrated to Canada in 1832

Education

• Apprenticed as a printer with The Intelligencer, Belleville, Ontario 1834
• Teaching diploma from Sydney Normal School, Hastings, Ontario 1841

Personal Life

• Married 1847, Harriet Moore (1829 - 1884)
• Four sons, five daughters

Professional Life

• Printer, editor and later owner of The Intelligencer, Belleville
• Businessman
• 1858 - 1865 Ensign, Belleville Rifle Company
• 1867 - 1872 Major, 49th Hastings Battalion
• 1870 - 1878 Grandmaster of Orange Order of British North America

Political Party

• Liberal-Conservative
• 1894 - 1896 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1867 - 1892 North Hastings, Ontario

Other Ministries

• 1878 - 1892 Customs
• 1892 Militia and Defence
• 1892 - 1894 Trade and Commerce
• 1894 - 1896 President of the Privy Council

Political Record

• Trade mission to Australia and promotion of submarine cable link between North America and Australia, 1894
• Attempted to re-establish a separate school system in Manitoba 1895
• Senator 1892 - 1917
• Leader of the Government in the Senate 1893 - 1896
• Leader of the Opposition in the Senate 1896 - 1906
• The second Prime Minister to lead the country from the Senate

Died

• December 10, 1917, Belleville, Ontario
• Grave site: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Ontario

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867-1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.