James Alexander Lougheed
Sir James Alexander Lougheed , KCMG PC QC (born September 1, 1854 in Brampton , † November 2, 1925 in Ottawa , Ontario ) was a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party of Canada , longtime senator and minister.
Life
Lougheed initially worked as a carpenter before he became a lawyer after studying law .
On December 10, 1889, he was appointed as a candidate for the Conservative Party by Prime Minister John Macdonald as a member of the Senate and was a member of the Senate until August 31, 1905 as a representative of Calgary, which is located in the Northwest Territories . Subsequently he was Alberta's representative in the Senate for Calgary until his death .
During his almost 36-year membership in the Senate, he was first between April 1906 and January 1911 leader of the conservative opposition in the Senate ( Leader of the Opposition in the Senate ) and then leader of the majority faction and thus until December 28, 1921 also leader of the Leading parties in the Upper House of Parliament ( Leader of the Government in the Senate ).
During this time he also took on numerous ministerial offices and was first between October 1911 and February 1918 Minister without Portfolio in the ninth and tenth Federal Cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Borden . After a cabinet reshuffle, he first became Minister for the Civil Reintegration of Soldiers and was then appointed by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen to Canada's 11th Cabinet in July 1920 , where he was Minister of the Interior, Minister for Mining and Superintendent General for Indian Affairs until December 1921 . At the same time, he was acting minister for the civil reintegration of soldiers between July 1920 and September 1921.
After the election of the Conservative Party, he was again leader of the opposition in the Senate on January 1, 1922 and held this office until his death. The Lougheed House in Calgary, where he has lived since 1891 , was added to the list of National Historic Sites of Canada in Alberta . Lougheed Island is named after him.
His grandson Peter Lougheed was Prime Minister of Alberta from 1971 to 1985 .
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Canadian Parliament (English)
- Biography in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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| SURNAME | Lougheed, James Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lougheed, Sir James Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brampton |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1925 |
| Place of death | Ottawa , Ontario |