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ALFRED GILPIN JONES (1824-1906)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 498 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALFRED See also:GILPIN See also:JONES (1824-1906)  , See also:Canadian politician, was See also:born at See also:Weymouth, Nova See also:Scotia., in See also:September 1824, the son of See also:Guy C . See also:Jones of See also:Yarmouth, and See also:grandson of a See also:United See also:Empire Loyalist . In 1865 he opposed the federation of the See also:British See also:American provinces, and, in his anger at the refusal of the British See also:government to See also:repeal such portions of the British See also:North See also:America See also:Act as referred to Nova Scotia, made a speech which won for him the name of Haul-down-the-See also:flag Jones . He was for many years a member of the Federal See also:Parliament, and for a few months in 1878 was See also:minister of See also:militia under the Liberal government . Largely owing to his See also:influence the Liberal party refused in 1878 to abandon its See also:Free See also:Trade policy, an obstinacy which led to its defeat in that See also:year . In 1900 he was appointed See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of his native See also:province, and held this position till his See also:death on the 15th of See also:March 1906 .

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