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 CNHS - Sir MacKenzie Bowell Posted by:  Weathervane
N 44° 09.492 W 077° 22.803
18T E 309687 N 4892198
This plaque, in tribute to Sir MacKenzie Bowell, is located on St-Paul Street, in Belleville. Cette plaque, en hommage à Sir MacKenzie Bowell, est située sur la rue Saint-Paul, à Belleville.
Waymark Code: WMEECP
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/16/2012
Views: 19
The text on the plaque reads as follows:
Born in England, Bowell represented North Hastings in the Canadian Parliament from 1867 to 1892. Thereafter, he held a seat in the Senate until his resignation from politics in 1906. Having served in the Cabinets of Macdonald, Abbott, and Thompson, he became Prime Minister in 1894. Past Grand Master of the Orange Order in North America, he, nevertheless, proposed to the Commons, in 1896, remedial action that would settle the Manitoba schools problem. In that same year division within his Cabinet and disenchantment with his leadership forced his resignation. He died in Belleville.
Le texte sur la plaque se lit comme suit:
Journaliste et homme politique né en Angleterre, Bowell représenta la circonscription de North Hastings (Ontario) au parlement canadien de 1867 à 1892. Il siégea ensuite au Sénat jusqu'en 1906. Il fit partie des Cabinets de Macdonald, Abbott, Thompson et devint premier ministre en 1894. Ancien grand-maître des loges orangistes d'Amérique, il fit néanmoins présenter aux Communes, en 1896, un projet de loi rémédiatrice pour régler le problème scolaire manitobain. La même année, des divisions au sein de son parti le forcèrent a démissionner. Il est décédé à Belleville.
Classification: National Historic Person
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: Belleville
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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