Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
| Sir Frederick W. A. G. Haultain | |
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| 1st Premier of the Northwest Territories | |
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In office October 7, 1897 – September 1, 1905 |
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| Monarch |
Victoria Edward VII |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Charles H. Mackintosh Malcolm Colin Cameron Amédée E. Forget |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | George Braden |
| Chairman of the Executive Committee | |
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In office November 7, 1891 – August 1, 1892 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Joseph Royal Charles H. Mackintosh |
| Preceded by | Robert Brett |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Cayley |
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In office December 1, 1892 – October 7, 1897 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | Charles H. Mackintosh |
| Preceded by | Hugh Cayley |
| Succeeded by | himself as Premier of the Northwest Territories |
| MLA for Macleod | |
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In office September 5, 1887 – September 1, 1905 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Henry Boyle |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Lumsden | |
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In office December 13, 1905 – July 11, 1912 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Glenn |
| Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal | |
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In office 1912–1938 |
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| Preceded by | E. L. Wetmore |
| Succeeded by | William F. A. Turgeon |
| 1st Leader of the Opposition of Saskatchewan | |
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In office March 29, 1906 – June 15, 1912 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Wellington Willoughby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 25, 1857 Woolwich, England |
| Died | January 30, 1942 (aged 84) Montreal, Quebec |
| Resting place |
Memorial Gates (University of Saskatchewan) 52°7′45.7″N 106°38′34.5″W / 52.129361°N 106.642917°WCoordinates: 52°7′45.7″N 106°38′34.5″W / 52.129361°N 106.642917°W |
| Political party | Liberal-Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Marion St Clair Castellain née Mackintosh |
| Education |
University of Toronto Osgoode Hall |
| Religion | Anglican |
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Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain (November 25, 1857 – January 30, 1942) was a lawyer and a long-serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades. He served as the first premier of the Northwest Territories from 1897 to 1905 as is recognized as having a significant contribution towards the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. From 1905 on he served as Leader of the Official Opposition in Saskatchewan as well as Leader of the Provincial Rights Party. His legislative career ended when he was appointed to the judiciary in 1912.
He was born in Woolwich, England in 1857, the son of Frederick W. Haultain (1821–1882) and Lucinde Helen Gordon (1828–1915), and came to Peterborough, Ontario with his family in 1860. He grew up in Peterborough and Montreal, later receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto. He went on to study law at Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in Ontario in 1882 and in the North-West Territories in 1884.
Haultain was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in a by-election held on September 5, 1887. He defeated Charles Conybeare by a large margin. Haultain would win his next five elections by acclamation.
Haultain was appointed the first Premier of the territories on October 7, 1897.
As premier, Haultain led negotiations for the granting of provincial status. Haultain argued for these territories to be admitted as a single province named Buffalo, and wanted the new province to be governed by non-partisan governments. The federal Liberal government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, however, fearful of a large conservative province in the west, decided to create two provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, in 1905.
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