George Airey Kirkpatrick

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George Airey Kirkpatrick

Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick , PC , KCMG , QC (born September 13, 1841 in Kingston , Upper Canada , † December 13, 1899 in Toronto ) was a Canadian politician . From 1870 to 1892 he was a Conservative member of the lower house . He then served as Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario until 1896 .

biography

The son of the House of Commons Thomas Kirkpatrick and Helen Fisher received his high school education in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu . After a semester at Queen's College in Kingston, he studied law at Trinity College in Dublin , where he graduated in 1861. He was admitted to the bar in 1865, founded his own law firm and was awarded the title of Crown Attorney in 1890 .

After the death of his father, the Lower House constituency Frontenac was vacant. Kirkpatrick ran as the Conservative Party candidate for the necessary by -election and won clearly on April 27, 1870. He was re-elected six times in a row. Kirkpatrick supported the policies of Prime Minister John Macdonald , but was also friends with the liberal Edward Blake . After the Pacific scandal , which was exposed in 1873 , he considered converting to the Liberal Party , but ultimately decided against it. In Parliament he campaigned particularly for the interests of his hometown Kingston and the Royal Military College located there, as well as for shipping on the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes . In 1877, on his initiative, a maritime court was opened in Ontario.

After the election of the House of Commons in 1882 , Macdonald appointed him Speaker of the House of Commons. Kirkpatrick held this office for five years. Since, from the point of view of his party, he had been too willing to compromise with the liberals, he was not nominated for a second legislative period in 1887. After another five years as a backbencher , he was on the advice of the new Prime Minister John Abbott for lieutenant governor appointed by Ontario and on May 30, 1892 by Governor General Lord Stanley sworn. He held this representative office until November 7, 1896.

His son George Macaulay Kirkpatrick was a general in the British Army.

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SURNAME Kirkpatrick, George Airey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1899
Place of death Toronto , Ontario