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See also: Canadian statesman, was See also: born at See also: Cork, See also: Ireland, the son of an Irish Presbyterian See also: minister
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In 1832 he engaged in business in See also: Toronto, became a friend of Robert Baldwin, and in 1835 was chosen to examine the accounts of the Welland Canal, the management of which was being attacked by W
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L
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See also: Mackenzie
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This turned his See also: attention to See also: political See also: life and in 1838 he founded the Examiner, a weekly paper in the Liberal See also: interest
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In 1841 he was elected M.P. for the county of See also: Oxford, and in the following See also: year was appointed inspector-general, the title then See also: borne by the See also: finance minister, but in 1843 resigned with Baldwin and the other ministers on the question of responsible See also: government
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In 1848 he again became inspector-general in the Baldwin-Lafontaine
See also: ministry, and on their retirement in 1851 became premier of See also: Canada, his chief colleague being A
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Morin (1803-1865)
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While premier he was prominent in the negotiations which led to the construction of the See also: Grand Trunk railway, and in co-operation with See also: Lord See also: Elgin negotiated with the See also: United States the reciprocity treaty of 1854
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In the same year the bitter hostility of the " Clear Grits " under See also: George See also: Brown compelled his resignation, and he was prominent in the formation of the Liberal-Conservative Party
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In 1855 he was chosen governor of
See also: Barbados and the Windward Islands, and subsequently governor of See also: British See also: Guiana
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In 1869 he was created K.C.M.G. and returned to Canada, becoming till 1873 finance minister in the See also: cabinet of See also: Sir See also: John
See also: Macdonald
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In See also: February of that year he resigned, but continued to take an active See also: part in public life
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In 1879 the failure of the Consolidated See also: Bank of Canada, of which he was president, led to his being tried for issuing false statements
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Though found guilty on a technicality (see Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association, See also: April 1906) See also: judgment was suspended, his See also: personal See also: credit remained unimpaired, and he continued to take part in the discussion of public questions till his See also: death on the 18th of See also: August 1885
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His writings include: The Political See also: History of Canada between r84o and 1855 (1877); The Political Destiny of Canada (1878), and his Reminiscences (1884)
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