James Cockburn (politician)
| James Cockburn | |
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| 1st Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada | |
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In office November 6, 1867 – March 25, 1874 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General |
The Viscount Monck The Lord Lisgar |
| Prime Minister | Sir John A. Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | Timothy Anglin |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Northumberland West |
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In office 1867–1874 |
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| Succeeded by | William Kerr |
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In office 1878–1881 |
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| Preceded by | William Kerr |
| Succeeded by | George Guillet |
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February 13, 1819 Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom |
| Died | August 14, 1883 (aged 64) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Resting place | St. James Cemetery, Toronto |
| Political party | Conservative |
James W. Cockburn, QC (February 13, 1819 – August 14, 1883) was a Canadian Conservative politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation.
He was born in Berwick-Upon-Tweed on the English–Scottish border and immigrated to Canada with his father, James Cockburn Snr. (1787–1832), mother, Sarah Turnbull (1797–1867) and brother, Adam (1820–1861), at the age of 13. After attending Upper Canada College and Osgoode Hall, he established a law practice in Cobourg, Ontario. In the 1850s, Cockburn was elected to the town council. In 1861, he was elected to the Province of Canada's legislative assembly as a Reformer representing Northumberland West. Despite elected as an opponent of the Macdonald - Cartier administration, Cockburn switched allegiances and became a supporter of Macdonald's Liberal-Conservative Party.
Cockburn attended the Quebec Conference of 1864 as a supporter of Confederation. After Confederation, he was elected to the new Canadian House of Commons in the country's first election. He was nominated by Sir John A. Macdonald to be Canada's first Speaker of the House of Commons, a position in which he served from 1867 to 1874.
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