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Who was Joseph Howe?
HOWE, JOSEPH, printer,
journalist
Born: December 13, 1804 at Halifax
Son of John and Mary (Edes) Howe, Loyalists
Married: Catherine Susan Ann McNab on February 2, 1828
Died: June 1, 1873 at Halifax
Non-political career:
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Editor of the Novascotian, 1828-1841
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Joint editor with William Annand of Morning Chronicle, 1844-1846
Political career: Member for
- Halifax County (1836-1851)
- Cumberland County(1851 - 1855)
- His seat was declared vacant on February 24, 1851. An undue election was declared and
he was re-elected in the March 22 by-election
- Windsor Township (1856 - 1859)
- Hants County, South Division (1860 - 1863)
- Member of Parliament for Hants (1867 - May, 1873 - resigned)
Political Positions Held:
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- Speaker of the House of Assembly (February 3, 1841 - January 26, 1843 - resigned)
- Executive Council without portfolio (October 6, 1840 - December 21, 1843)
- Provincial Secretary and Clerk of Council (February 2, 1848 - April 4, 1854)
- Chairman of the Railway Commission (April 4, 1854 - April 9, 1857)
- Provincial Secretary (February 10, 1860 - June 5, 1863)
- Premier (August 3, 1860 - June 5, 1863)
- Imperial Fisheries Commissioner (1863 - 1866)
- President of the Privy Council (January 19, 1869 - November 19, 1869)
- Secretary of State for the Provinces (November 16, 1869 - May, 1873)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (May 10, 1873 - death)
Major Accomplishments
- Defense of Freedom of the Press stemming from publishing a letter
in the Novascotian on January 1, 1835
- Major role in winning Responsible Government for Nova Scotia in 1848
Political Affiliation:
- Reformer and Anti-Confederate (1836 - 1869)
- Confederate and Liberal Conservative (1869 - 1873)
- He accepted office in Sir John A. Macdonald's cabinet on offer of "better terms"
in 1869.
For a more detailed biography, please review the article on Joseph Howe in:
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
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