Simon Hugh Holmes (July 30, 1831 – October 14, 1919) was a Nova Scotia politician, publisher and lawyer. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's
Holmes was born in Springvale, which is present-day Pictou County. Pictou County is a County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The son of Nova Scotia politician and Canadian senator John Holmes, Holmes in 1858 founded and edited the Pictou Colonial Standard as “a dedicated advocate of the principles of true Conservatism. The Senate of Canada (Le Sénat du Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the sovereign (represented by the governor general John Holmes ( 1 March 1789 &ndash 3 June 1876) was a Canadian Politician. ” The paper and Holmes were advocates of Canadian confederation. Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the Holmes attempted to win a seat in the provincial legislature in 1867 but was defeated in a wave of anti-Confederation sentiment. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation He managed to win a seat in 1871 and soon became de facto leader of the Conservative opposition. The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, registered under the Nova Scotia Elections Act as the "Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia" is a moderate right-of-centre Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government particularly in a Westminster -based Parliamentary system The Tories won the 1878 election and Holmes became Premier of the province to find the treasury depleted and the Legislative Council in the hands of the Liberals. In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was A premier is a title for the Head of government in some countries A Legislative Council is the name given to the legislatures or one of the chambers of the legislature of many nations and colonies The Liberal Party of Nova Scotia is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Tory government passed legislation to create county government, lengthened the training period for teachers, subsidized education for blind children and attempted to improve mine safety. A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body
The Liberal dominated Upper House frustrated much of Holmes' program and Holmes attempted three times to abolish the Legislative Council but failed. An upper house is one of two chambers of a Bicameral Legislature, the other chamber being the Lower house. A Legislative Council is the name given to the legislatures or one of the chambers of the legislature of many nations and colonies
Holmes personal style tended to be authoritarian and this factor, along with the political impasse, led to a caucus revolt that resulted in Holmes' resignation in 1882 to accept a lucrative position as crown clerk for Halifax county. He died in Halifax. The City of Halifax (est 1841 is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County
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| Preceded by Philip Carteret Hill |
Premier of Nova Scotia 1878-1882 |
Succeeded by John Thompson |
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