See also:JOHN SANDFIELD See also:MACDONALD (1812-1872)
, See also:Canadian statesman, was See also:born at St See also:Raphael, Glengarry See also:county, See also:Ontario, on the 12th of See also:December 1812
.
He was admitted to the See also:bar in 1840, and settled in See also:Cornwall
.
In the same See also:year he married See also:Miss Waggaman, the daughter of an See also:American senator from See also:Louisiana
.
In 1841 he was elected to-the Canadian See also:parliament for Glengarry, which seat he held for sixteen years
.
In 1842 he joined the Reformers in the cry for constitutional See also:government, and from 1852 to 18J4 was See also:Speaker of the See also:house
.
He was always uncertain in his party See also:allegiance, and often attacked See also:George See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown, the Liberal See also:leader
.
Indeed, he well described himself as " the See also:Ishmael of parliament." In 1862 he was called on by See also:Lord Monck, the See also:governor-See also:general, to See also:form a See also:ministry, which by manifold shifts held See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office till See also:February 1864
.
In the debates on federation he opposed the measure, but on its passage was in 1867 entrusted by the Conservatives with the task of organizing the provincial government of Ontario
.
He ruled the See also:province with See also:economy and efficiency, but was defeated in December 1871 by the Liberals, resigned the premier-See also:ship, and died on the 1st of See also:June 1872
.
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