1st Premier of Canada's Northwest Territories. A member of the Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party and later the Saskatchewan, Canada Provincial Rights Party, he served in this position from October 1897 until September 1905. He emigrated to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada with his family and attended the University of Toronto and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. After studying law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto, he was admitted to the Ontario bar in 1882 and practiced law in Toronto and Kingston, Ontario. In 1884 he moved to the frontier town of Fort Macleod, Northwest Territories (which included the present-day provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan) and establish a law practice. In September 1887 he entered politics when he was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly from the Macleod district, serving until September 1905. He served twice as Chairman of the territorial Executive Committee, from November 1891 until August 1892 and again from December 1892 until October 1897, when he was appointed as territorial Premier. When Canadian Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier created two new provinces from the Northwest Territories in 1905, his position was abolished due to the remainder of the Northwest Territories being too sparsely populated to warrant a formal government. In December 1905 he was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly from the Lumsden district, serving until he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in July 1912. In 1916 he was knighted and the following year he became Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, serving until 1939. He retired from his Chief Justice position in 1938 and moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he died at the age of 84.
1st Premier of Canada's Northwest Territories. A member of the Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party and later the Saskatchewan, Canada Provincial Rights Party, he served in this position from October 1897 until September 1905. He emigrated to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada with his family and attended the University of Toronto and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. After studying law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto, he was admitted to the Ontario bar in 1882 and practiced law in Toronto and Kingston, Ontario. In 1884 he moved to the frontier town of Fort Macleod, Northwest Territories (which included the present-day provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan) and establish a law practice. In September 1887 he entered politics when he was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly from the Macleod district, serving until September 1905. He served twice as Chairman of the territorial Executive Committee, from November 1891 until August 1892 and again from December 1892 until October 1897, when he was appointed as territorial Premier. When Canadian Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier created two new provinces from the Northwest Territories in 1905, his position was abolished due to the remainder of the Northwest Territories being too sparsely populated to warrant a formal government. In December 1905 he was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly from the Lumsden district, serving until he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in July 1912. In 1916 he was knighted and the following year he became Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, serving until 1939. He retired from his Chief Justice position in 1938 and moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he died at the age of 84.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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