Richard William Scott

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Richard William Scott PC (born February 24, 1825 in Prescott , Upper Canada , now Ontario ; † April 23, 1913 ) was a Canadian Liberal Party politician who was a member of the Senate for over 39 years and a minister in the 2nd Canadian cabinet of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie and was in the 8th Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier .

Life

Mayor, Federal Minister and Senator

Scott graduated from school with a law degree and practiced as a lawyer after being admitted to the bar . He began his political career in local politics and, at the age of 27, was mayor of Bytown for some time in 1852 . After he had worked as a lawyer again for nearly 15 years, he was elected in 1867 for the Ontario Liberal Party to the legislative assembly of Ontario , where he represented the constituency of Ottawa until 1874 .

During this period, between December 7 and 20, 1871, he acted as speaker of the legislative assembly of Ontario and was thus president of the parliament of this province .

On November 7, 1873, Scott was appointed non- portfolio minister to the 2nd Cabinet by Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie and held that position until January 8, 1874. He then served between January 9, 1874 and the end of Mackenzie's tenure on May 8, 1874 October 1878 as Secretary of State for Canada and in this function was also head of the government chancellery.

On March 13, 1874 Scott was also appointed on the proposal of Prime Minister Mackenzie as a member of the Senate and represented there for the Liberal Party until his death on April 23, 1913, located in Ontario Senate Division Ottawa .

Majority leader and opposition leader in the Senate

In addition to his role as Secretary of State for Canada, he was head of government in the Senate between 1874 and 1878 and thus de facto chairman of the Liberal Party faction in the upper house of the Canadian Parliament , where he held this position between 1874 and 1876 together with Luc Letellier de Saint-Just clothed. At the same time he was from October 7th to October 23rd, 1876, the executive secretary of the interior and general superintendent for Indian affairs in the 2nd Canadian cabinet.

After the end of Mackenzie's tenure, he remained chairman of the Liberal faction and as such was the opposition leader in the Senate until 1896 .

Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier then appointed him to the 8th Canadian Cabinet on July 13, 1896, in which he again took over the function of State Secretary for Canada and head of the Government Chancellery, which he held until October 8, 1908. At the same time he was again between July 17 and November 16, 1896 acting interior minister and general superintendent for Indian affairs. In addition to his position as Secretary of State for Canada and Head of the Government Chancellery, he was again head of the government in the Senate between 1902 and 1908.

Publications

  • The choice of the capital: reminiscences revived of the fiftieth anniversary of the selection of Ottawa as the capital of Canada by Her Late Majesty , Ottawa 1907
  • Recollections of Bytown: some incidents in the history of Ottawa , Ottawa 1908

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personal data
SURNAME Scott, Richard William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Liberal Party politician of Canada
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Prescott , Upper Canada , now Ontario
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1913