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See also:CARTWRIGHT, See also:SIR See also:RICHARD See also:JOHN (1835– ) , See also:Canadian statesman, was See also:born in See also:Kingston, See also:Canada, on the 4th of See also:December 1835, son of the Rev. R. D. Cartwright, See also:chaplain to H.M. Forces. In 1863 he entered the Canadian See also:parliament as a Conservative, but soon after federation in 1867 quarrelled with his party on the question of their See also:financial policy, which he considered extravagant. By 1870 the See also:breach was See also:complete, and in 1873 he became See also:finance See also:minister of the Liberal See also:ministry of the Hon. See also:Alexander See also:Mackenzie. His honesty and See also:economy were undoubted, but the latter quality was sometimes pushed to extremes. From 1878 to 1896 he was the See also:chief financial critic on the See also:side of the Liberal opposition, and on the See also:accession of Sir
See also:Wilfrid See also:Laurier to See also:power in 1896 he became minister of See also:trade and See also:commerce. In 1898–1899 he represented Canada on the Anglo-See also:American See also:joint high See also:commission at See also:Quebec. In 1904 failing See also:health led to his retirement to the See also:senate. He acted in Sir Wilfrid Laurier's See also:absence at the Imperial See also:Conference 1907 as acting premier.
End of Article: CARTWRIGHT, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1835– )
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