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Mackenzie Bowell

Sir Mackenzie Bowell PC KCMG (/ˈboʊ.əl/; December 27, 1823 – December 10, 1917) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and politician, who served as the fifth prime minister of Canada, in office from 1894 to 1896.

The Honourable Sir

Mackenzie Bowell

PC KCMG

Bowell in 1891

5th Prime Minister of Canada

In office

December 21, 1894 – April 27, General

The Earl of Aberdeen

Preceded by

John Thompson

Succeeded by

Charles Tupper

Canadian Senator from Quebec

In office

December 1892 – December 10, 1917

Appointed by

John Sparrow David Thompson

Member of Parliament

for Hastings North

In office

September 20, 1867 – December 1892

Preceded by

Riding established

Succeeded by

Alexander Augustus Williamson Carscallen

Personal details

Born

December 27, 1823

Rickinghall, Suffolk, England

Died

December 10, 1917 (aged 93)

Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Resting place

Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Ontario, Bowell

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​(m. 1847; died of St Michael and St George

Canadian General Service Medal

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration

Military service

Allegiance

Province of Canada

Dominion of militia (1861-1872)

Years of Volunteer Militia Rifle Company

The Argyll Light Infantry

49th Hastings Raids

Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England. He and his family moved to Belleville, Upper Canada in 1832. When in his early teens, Bowell was apprenticed to the printing shop of the local newspaper, the Belleville Intelligencer, and some 15 years later, became its owner and proprietor.

In 1867, following Confederation, he was elected to the House of Commons for the Conservative Party. Bowell entered cabinet in 1878, and would serve under three prime ministers: John A. Macdonald, John Abbott, and John Thompson. He served variously as Minister of Customs (1878–1892), Minister of Militia and Defence (1892), and Minister of Trade and Commerce (1892–1894). Bowell kept his Commons seat continuously for 25 years, through a period of Liberal Party rule in the 1870s. In 1892, Bowell was appointed to the Senate. He became Leader of the Government in the Senate the following year.

In December 1894, Prime Minister Thompson unexpectedly died in office. The Earl of Aberdeen, Canada's governor general, appointed Bowell to replace Thompson as prime minister, due to his status as the most senior cabinet member. The main problem of Bowell's tenure as prime minister was the Manitoba Schools Question. His attempts at compromise alienated members of his own party, and following a Cabinet revolt in early 1896 he was forced to resign in favour of Charles Tupper. Bowell stayed on as a senator until his death at the age of 93, but never again held ministerial office; he served continuously as a Canadian parliamentarian for 50