biography
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| lived:
| (1804–73)
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| biography:
| Canadian statesman, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, SE Canada. Proprietor and editor of the Halifax Nova Scotian, he became chief commissioner of railways for Nova Scotia (1854), then premier of the province (1863–1870). After federation he entered the first Canadian government at Ottawa as President of the Council, then as secretary of state. |
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