Jonathan McCully

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Jonathan McCully

Jonathan McCully (born July 25, 1809 in Cumberland County , Nova Scotia , † January 2, 1877 in Halifax ) was a Canadian politician , journalist and judge . As one of the fathers of the Confederation , he was one of the pioneers of the Canadian state founded in 1867. He was a senator from 1867 to 1870 .

biography

McCully, the son of a farmer, taught himself after school to finance his law studies. In 1837 he was admitted as a lawyer and opened in Amherst , a law firm. He spread his liberal ideas with articles in the weekly Acadian Recorder and also in the Halifax Morning Chronicle , Nova Scotia's leading liberal newspaper. He journalistically supported the reform efforts of Joseph Howe , whereupon his party retaliated by appointing McCully in 1848 to the upper house of the then colony consisting of appointed members. He stayed in this office for the next 19 years.

From 1853 to 1857 McCully was a probate judge, from 1854 to 1857 he was a member of the Railway Commission. Over the years, McCully became the leading editorial writer for the Halifax Morning Chronicle . When Joseph Howe became Prime Minister in 1860, he made McCully Attorney General. He also negotiated the construction of the Intercolonial Railway . In 1864 he took part in the Charlottetown Conference and the Québec Conference , at which the creation of a Canadian Confederation was discussed. In 1866 he was also involved in the London Conference .

Because of his pro-confederation stance, McCully was fired from the Chronicle, whereupon he acquired two competing newspapers and united them to the Unionist and Halifax Journal . His articles caused a change of opinion and Parliament adopted the Unification Treaty. Canadian Prime Minister John Macdonald named McCully a senator in November 1867 . Almost three years later he resigned and served as a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court until his death.

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SURNAME McCully, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian lawyer, publisher and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Cumberland County , Nova Scotia
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1877
Place of death Halifax (Nova Scotia)