John Graham Haggart
John Graham Haggart | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lanark South | |
In office 1872–1913 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Morris |
Succeeded by | Adelbert Edward Hanna |
Personal details | |
Born | Perth, Upper Canada | November 14, 1836
Died | March 13, 1913 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | (aged 76)
Political party | Conservative |
John Graham Haggart, PC (November 14, 1836 – March 13, 1913) was a Canadian politician.
Haggart served as a Member of Parliament from 1872 to 1913. This forty-year period of service in the Commons is the second-longest in Canadian history, exceeded only by Wilfrid Laurier, whose period of service (1874-1919) mostly overlaps with Haggart's.[1] He was appointed as Postmaster General, serving in the cabinets of John A. Macdonald and John Abbott until 1892, when he switched portfolios, serving as Minister of Railways and Canals until the defeat of the Conservative government in 1896.
Prior to being elected to the House of Commons, Haggart was elected Mayor of Perth, Ontario three times: in 1867, 1869 and 1871.
There is a John Haggart fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Years of Service in Parliament". www.parl.gc.ca. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014.
- ^ "John Haggart fonds, Library and Archives Canada". July 20, 2017.
External links
[edit]- John Graham Haggart – Parliament of Canada biography
- "John Graham Haggart". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- 1836 births
- 1913 deaths
- Ministers of railways and canals of Canada
- Canadian Presbyterians
- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
- 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
- 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Historical Conservative Party of Canada, Ontario MP stubs
- Ontario mayor stubs