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

He acted in Sir Wilfrid Laurier's

absence at the Imperial
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Conference 1907 as acting premier .

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