Sir charles tupper biography of abraham
TUPPER, Sir CHARLES - Dictionary of Canadian Biography...
Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement/Tupper, Charles
TUPPER, SirCHARLES, first baronet (1821–1915), Canadian statesman, was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, 2 July 1821, the third son of the Rev.
Charles Tupper, a Baptist minister, by his first wife, Miriam Lowe (née Lockhart).
Sir charles tupper biography of abraham
His ancestors came from England to Massachusetts in 1637, but his branch of the family removed in 1763 to Nova Scotia, and settled upon land left vacant by the expulsion of the Acadians. Tupper was educated at Horton Academy (afterwards Acadia University); and after some time spent as a medical student with a local practitioner, he studied at Edinburgh University, graduating in 1843.
He then returned to Nova Scotia and began a very successful practice of medicine at Amherst. In 1855 he entered the Nova Scotia legislative assembly as conservative member for Cumberland county, defeating the liberal leader, Joseph Howe [q.v.].
On his entry into the assembly Tupper found his party a mere