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SIR RICHARD JOHN CARTWRIGHT (1835– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 436 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:RICHARD See also:JOHN See also:CARTWRIGHT (1835– )  , See also:Canadian statesman, was See also:born in See also:Kingston, See also:Canada, on the 4th of See also:December 1835, son of the Rev . R . D . See also:Cartwright, See also:chaplain to H.M . Forces . In 1863 he entered the Canadian See also:parliament as a Conservative, but soon after federation in 1867 quarrelled with his party on the question of their See also:financial policy, which he considered extravagant . By 1870 the See also:breach was See also:complete, and in 1873 he became See also:finance See also:minister of the Liberal See also:ministry of the Hon . See also:Alexander See also:Mackenzie . His honesty and See also:economy were undoubted, but the latter quality was sometimes pushed to extremes . From 1878 to 1896 he was the See also:chief financial critic on the See also:side of the Liberal opposition, and on the See also:accession of See also:Sir See also:Wilfrid See also:Laurier to See also:power in 1896 he became minister of See also:trade and See also:commerce . In 1898–1899 he represented Canada on the Anglo-See also:American See also:joint high See also:commission at See also:Quebec . In 1904 failing See also:health led to his retirement to the See also:senate .

He acted in Sir Wilfrid Laurier's See also:

absence at the Imperial See also:Conference 1907 as acting premier .

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