Charles Tupper
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Charles Tupper 🇨🇦

Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet (Known as "The Cumberland Warhorse")
Sixth Prime Minister of Canada, Father of Confederation, Premier of Nova Scotia
Born Jul 02, 1821 🇨🇦 Amherst (Nova Scotia), Canada
Passed Away Oct 30, 1915 Bexleyheath (Kent), United Kingdom
Lifespan 94 years old
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Formidable Father of Confederation who brought Nova Scotia into the union, established free public schools in Nova Scotia, and served as Canada's sixth prime minister and high commissioner to London.

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Trained as a physician at Edinburgh, Tupper entered Nova Scotia politics and ousted Joseph Howe's Liberals in 1864. As Premier of Nova Scotia, he passed the Free Schools Act creating public education and skillfully steered his reluctant province into the Confederation pact of 1867.

Known as the 'Cumberland Warhorse' for his ferocious parliamentary oratory, Tupper served Macdonald as Minister of Railways, driving the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1896, he briefly served as Prime Minister, remaining the last surviving Father of Confederation at his death at age 94.

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St. John's Cemetery
Halifax (Nova Scotia), Canada
GPS: 44.6469, -63.6264
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