Thomas Nicholson Gibbs
Thomas Nicholson Gibbs PC (born March 11, 1821 in Terrebonne , Lower Canada , † April 7, 1883 ) was a Canadian manufacturer , businessman and politician of the Liberal Conservative Party .
Life
The factory owner and merchant Gibbs began his political career in September 1867 when he was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Conservative Party in the Ontario South constituency as a member of the Canadian House of Commons . On June 14, 1873 he resigned this mandate after he was appointed Secretary of State for the Provinces in the 1st Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister John Macdonald as well as Superintendent General for Indian Affairs. However, he lost these positions 16 days later, but was appointed Minister of Domestic Taxes the next day and held that position until the end of Macdonald's tenure on November 5, 1873.
In July 1873 he was also re-elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in the Ontario South constituency, but lost this mandate again in the January 1874 general election .
In a new by-election in July 1876 he was again a member of the House of Commons for Ontario South , before he again suffered a defeat in the House of Commons election in September 1878 and lost his House of Commons.
At the suggestion of Prime Minister Macdonald, he was finally appointed a member of the Canadian Senate on April 3, 1880 . In this he represented Newmarket and thus the interests of the Province of Ontario in the Senate until his death .
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| SURNAME | Gibbs, Thomas Nicholson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian entrepreneur and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Terrebonne , Lower Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1883 |