James Cox Aikins
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The Honourable James Cox Aikins PC |
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| Senator for Ontario, Ontario | |
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In office October 23, 1867 – May 30, 1882 |
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| Nominated by | John A. Macdonald |
| Appointed by | Royal Proclamation |
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In office January 7, 1896 – August 6, 1904 |
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| Nominated by | Mackenzie Bowell |
| 4th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba | |
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In office September 29, 1882 – June 30, 1888 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General |
Marquess of Lorne The Marquess of Lansdowne The Lord Stanley of Preston |
| Premier |
John Norquay David Howard Harrison Thomas Greenway |
| Preceded by | Joseph Édouard Cauchon |
| Succeeded by | John Christian Schultz |
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March 30, 1832 Toronto Township, Upper Canada |
| Died | August 8, 1904 (aged 72) Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal-Conservative |
| Children | James Albert Manning Aikins |
| Cabinet | Secretary of State of Canada (1869–1873 & 1878–1880) Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (Acting) (1873) Secretary of State for the Provinces (Acting) (1873) Minister of Inland Revenue (1880–1882) |
James Cox Aikins, PC (March 30, 1823 – August 8, 1904) was a prominent Canadian politician in the 19th century. He twice served as a cabinet minister in the government of Sir John A. Macdonald, and was the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1882 to 1888.
Aikins was born in Toronto Township, Upper Canada (now Ontario). His father had previously converted to Methodism, and the young Aikins was educated at the Methodist-run Upper Canada Academy in Cobourg from 1840 to 1845. Upon graduation, he acquired land near Toronto and worked as a farmer.
Aikins was offered the Reform (i.e., Liberal) nomination for York West in the 1851 Canadian parliamentary election, but declined. Three years later, he was elected to the Province of Canada's legislature for the newly formed riding of Peel as a Clear Grit (i.e., radical reformer). Cox defeated Conservative G. Wright by 865 votes to 810.
The Clear Grit faction in parliament had previously been aligned with Francis Hincks's governing Reformers, but this alliance ended after the 1854 election. Most of Hincks's supporters subsequently formed a new alliance with the Conservatives, while the Clear Grits formed a "left opposition" and attempted to reconstruct the Reform Party on their terms. Aikins was a minor figure in the Grit parliamentary ranks for the next three years but was nevertheless re-elected in 1857, with 2007 votes against 915 for his Conservative opponent. The Conservative-led alliance remained in power during these years, and Aikins remained in opposition.
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