Archibald Peter McNab

Archibald Peter McNab

Archibald Peter ("Archie") McNab (born May 29, 1864 in Glengarry County , Ontario , † April 29, 1945 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) was a Canadian politician and businessman . From 1936 to 1945 he was Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Province.

biography

McNab moved to Winnipeg with his twin brother Neil in 1882 and then built a farm in Virden, Manitoba . Several years of drought forced him to give up his farm in 1887, after which he worked as a grain dealer for Ogilvie Flour Mills . In 1902 the company moved to Rosthern , Saskatchewan, where it invested in two granaries. He sold them for a profit and founded the Dominion Elevator Company in Saskatoon .

In 1908 McNab ran for the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in the elections to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly and was elected in the Saskatoon City constituency. In Thomas Walter Scott's government, he was Minister for State Construction. He also campaigned for the University of Saskatchewan to settle in Saskatoon. McNab retired from politics in 1926 when he became head of local government oversight. Allegations that he was unsuitable for this position forced him to resign in 1930.

Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir sworn in McNab on September 10, 1936 as Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. The high point of this representative office was the reception of King George VI in 1939 . and Queen Elizabeth during her official tour of all Canadian provinces. In 1944 the provincial government decided to close the Government House , the seat of the Lieutenant Governor in Regina , to save money. McNab was its last occupant. On February 26, 1945, he resigned for health reasons; two months later he died of pneumonia.

Web links

• Biography in the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan