Biographie
He emigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1856.
In 1858 he moved to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
He enlisted in the Volunteer Militia in Charlottetown PEI.
In 1860 he married Elizabeth Eilbeck in Cumberland, UK.
He arrived in Victoria in 07/1862 for the gold rush.
In 1862 he became a partner with Jacob Hunter Todd in the Victoria Produce Market.
In 1872 he was appointed as a Justice of the Peace.
In 1876, 1877 and 1878 he was elected as an Alderman of Victoria BC.
In 1879-81 he was acclaimed as the Mayor of Victoria BC.
In 1882 he was appointed as the BC representative to the International Fisheries Exposition in London UK.
In 1886 he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Victoria BC.
In 1887 he was appointed as the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Agriculture.
He was the Premier of British Columbia 1895-98.
In 1900 he was appointed as the Minister of Finance.
In 1897 he was a principal in the London Canning Co.
In 1901-15 he was appointed as the first Agent-General of British Columbia in London UK and again in 1916-17.
Service militaire
He joined the Vancouver Island Volunteers (Militia), retiring in 1882 as a Lieutenant-Colonel.
Lieux nommés
Turner Street (Vancouver BC)
Références
- Mallandaine, Edward (1887)
- Ross, Leslie J. (1979)
- Walker, Elizabeth (1999)
- Francis, Dan (Ed.) (2000)
- Green, Valerie (1992)
