Hon. Sydney Arthur Fisher
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Sydney Arthur Fisher (June 12, 1850 – April 9, 1921) was a Canadian politician. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was educated at McGill University and Trinity College, Cambridge. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

A farmer, he first ran for the Canadian House of Commons in a 1880 by-elections for the riding of Brome. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant For the current|defunct federal|provincial electoral district see Brome (electoral district ---> Brome was a federal electoral district Although defeated, he was elected in 1882 and 1887. The Canadian federal election of 1882 was held on June 20, 1882 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 5th Parliament The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 6th Parliament A Liberal, he lost to the Conservative candidate Eugène Alphonse Dyer by 3 votes in the 1891 election. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. The Canadian federal election of 1891 was held on March 5 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Canada. He was elected again in the 1896 election and was re-elected in 1900, 1904, and 1908. The Canadian federal election of 1896 was held on June 23, 1896 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 8th Parliament The Canadian federal election of 1900 was held on November 7 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Canada. The Canadian federal election of 1904 was held on November 3 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Canada. The Canadian federal election of 1908 was held on October 26 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Canada. He was defeated in 1911 and in a 1913 by-election. The Canadian federal election of 1911 was held on September 21 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Canada. From 1896 to 1911, he was the Minister of Agriculture. The Minister of Agriculture (Ministre de l’Agriculture is a Minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations

References

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
• Serving Agriculture: Canada's Ministers of Agriculture profile