rs Canada with other delegates after Quebec
Conference, 166. =C= Secures baronetcy for Cartier, 128; his letter to
Duke of Buckingham, 129. =H= Establishes free school system in Nova
Scotia, 1864, 80; meets Joseph Howe on political platform in Cumberland
County, 1852, 155-156; defeats him in 1855, 156-157; leads opposition in
Legislature, 163; uses Howe's attack on Irish Roman Catholics as a
handle to overthrow the government, 163-164; becomes provincial
secretary, 167; his fight in Legislature to keep government in office,
168; his retrenchment scheme, 1863, 171; elected by acclamation in
Cumberland, 171-172; becomes leader of government, 172; quotes Howe
against himself in Confederation controversy, 173; his scheme for union
of Maritime Provinces, 175-180; advocates Confederation, 186-189; forms
provincial government, 1867, 198; offered but declines seat in first
Dominion Cabinet, 198; stumps the province against Howe, 199; sole
advocate of Confederation elected in Nova Scotia, 202; secures recruits
from the other side, 203; opposes Nova Scotia repealers in London,
204-205; his interview with Howe, 205-206; letter to Macdonald, 207;
urges Macdonald to visit Nova Scotia, 209; contributes political
articles to magazines, 258. =Md= Premier of Nova Scotia, arranges
Conference at Charlottetown, to discuss Confederation, 104; attends
Conference at Quebec, 104-114; passes through the House a law
establishing compulsory education, 116; Macdonald's first lieutenant,
139; opposes Howe's petition to home government for repeal of British
North America Act, 143-144; letter from Macdonald, 184; supports
Macdonald and national policy, 220; his co-operation with Macdonald,
269-270; summoned from his post of high commissioner to assist in
election campaign of 1891, 315. =T= Favourable to uniform tariff for
Maritime Provinces, 70; delegate to Charlottetown Conference, 73; to
Quebec Conference, 76; presented to the queen, 124; given a C. B., 132.
=Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Taylor, _Brit. Am._;
Morgan, _Can. Men_; Thibault, _Biography of Sir Charles Tupper_;
Saunders, _Three Premiers of Nova Scotia_; Campbell, _History of Nova
Scotia_.

=Tupper, Sir Charles Hibbert= (1855- ). Son of Sir Charles Tupper.
Educated at McGill University, and at the Harvard Law School. Called to
the bar of Nova Scotia, 1877. Sat in the House of Commons, 1882-1891 and
1896-1900; minister of marine and fisheries, 1888-1895; minister of
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