Sydney_Arthur_Fisher

Sydney Arthur Fisher

Sydney Arthur Fisher

Canadian politician

Sydney Arthur Fisher, PC (June 12, 1850 – April 9, 1921) was a Canadian politician.

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Born in Montreal, Canada East, he was educated at the High School of Montreal, McGill University, and finally Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]

A farmer, he first ran for the House of Commons of Canada in an 1880 by-election for the riding of Brome. Although defeated, he was elected in 1882 and 1887. A Liberal, he lost to the Conservative candidate Eugène Alphonse Dyer by 3 votes in the 1891 election. He was elected again in the 1896 election and was re-elected in 1900, 1904, and 1908. He was defeated in 1911 and in a 1913 by-election. From 1896 to 1911, he was the Minister of Agriculture.

There is a Sydney Arthur Fisher fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[2]

He was the uncle of Philip Sydney Fisher.

Electoral record

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Electoral history

By-election: On Mr. Brown's death, 30 May 1913

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References

  1. [1]
    "Fisher, Sydney Arthur (FSR868SA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. [2]
    "Finding aid to Sydney Fisher fonds, Library and Archives Canada" (PDF).
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