Term of Office: 29 September 1882 – 1 July 1888
Born: Toronto, Ontario, 30 March 1823
Died: Toronto, Ontario, 8 August 1904

• Educated at Victoria College, Cobourg.
• Member of the Canadian Assembly 1854-61.
• Originally a Liberal, he became a Conservative after Confederation and was appointed to the Senate in 1867.
• Secretary of State 1867-73 and 1878-80.
• Framed the Public Lands Act of 1872 and organized the Dominion Lands Bureau, directly influencing settlement in the Canadian West.
• Minister of Inland Revenue 1880-82.
• Through his efforts the CPR constructed the Pembina Branch, the first railway in Manitoba.
• Served in the Senate 1896-1904.