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BOWELL, SIR MACKENZIE (1823— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 342 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOWELL, See also:SIR See also:MACKENZIE (1823— ) , See also:Canadian politician, son of See also:John Bowell, See also:carpenter and builder, was See also:born at Ricking-See also:hall, See also:England, on the 27th of See also:December 1823. In 1833 he moved with his See also:family to See also:Belleville, See also:Canada, where he finally became editor and proprietor of the Intelligencer. He was elected See also:grand See also:master of the See also:Orange Association of See also:British See also:America, and was See also:long the exponent in the Canadian See also:parliament of the claims of that See also:order. From 1867 till 1892 he represented See also:North See also:Hastings in the See also:House, after which he retired to the See also:senate. From 1878 till 1891 he was See also:minister of customs in the See also:cabinet of Sir John See also:Macdonald; then minister of See also:militia; and under the premiership of Sir John See also:Thompson, minister of See also:trade and See also:commerce. From December 1894 till See also:April 1896 he was premier of Canada, and endeavoured to enforce remedial legislation in the question of the See also:Manitoba See also:schools. But his policy was unsuccessful, and he retired from the See also:government. From 1896 till 1906 he led the Conservative party in the senate. In 1894 he presided over the colonial See also:conference held in See also:Ottawa, and in 1895 was created K.C.M.G.

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