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Born on July 2, 1821, Amherst, Nova Scotia
Died on October 30, 1915,
Bexleyheath, England
Buried at St. John's Cemetery,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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 Sir
Charles Tupper's public career was long and successful, though
he served as prime minister in 1896 for just sixty-nine days -
the shortest term ever. A Father of Confederation, he spent more
than thirty years in national politics.
Nova Scotian by birth, Tupper studied
medicine in Scotland and practised as a doctor most of his life.
He entered Nova Scotian politics in 1855 and became premier in
1864. As a delegate to the Charlottetown, Québec, and London
conferences, Tupper guided his province into Confederation despite
powerful anticonfederate opposition.
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Tupper later served as one of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald's
key cabinet colleagues and political partners. In 1895, he returned
from service as Canada's representative in Britain and replaced
Mackenzie Bowell as Conservative Party leader and prime minister
the following May. Despite his vigorous campaigning, his party
lost the election that soon followed.
Sir Charles Tupper retired from
politics in 1901. He died in Britain at the age of ninety-four
and was buried in Halifax.
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