Events from the year 1882 in Canada.
Daniel Duncan McKenzie,was a Canadian lawyer,judge,and politician.
Daurene Elaine Lewis,,was a Canadian politician and educator. She was the first Black female mayor in Canada.
Harold Joseph Connolly was a Canadian journalist,newspaper editor,and politician who served as the 15th premier of Nova Scotia in 1954.
The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia,is a moderate political party in Nova Scotia,Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada,it has been historically associated with the Red Tory faction of Canadian conservatism. The party is currently led by Pictou East MLA Tim Houston. The party won a majority government in the 2021 provincial election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia and the Conservative Party of Canada are two separate entities.
Michael John Savage is a Northern Ireland-born Canadian politician,who was elected Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality on October 20,2012. He previously served as a Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour from 2004 to 2011.
Dominic Peter Mancini is a Canadian politician and lawyer. Mancini was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997 federal election that saw a breakthrough for the New Democratic Party in the province of Nova Scotia. He served as the NDP's justice critic in the 36th Canadian Parliament. Mancini represented the riding of Sydney—Victoria until the 2000 federal election when he was defeated by Liberal Mark Eyking. He moved to Dartmouth,Nova Scotia following his electoral defeat. He was unsuccessful in his attempt at a comeback in the 2006 federal election in the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour losing to incumbent Michael Savage by just over 4,000 votes.
Cecil Phillip Clarke is a politician in Nova Scotia,Canada. He was the mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from 2012 to 2020,and represented the riding of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly,from 2001 to 2011 as a Progressive Conservative.
David Mathews was an American born British lawyer and politician from New York City. He was a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and was the 43rd and last Colonial Mayor of New York City from 1776 until 1783. As New York City was the center of British control of the Colonies during the war,he was one of the highest ranking civilian authorities in the Colonies during this period. He was accused of supporting a plan led by Thomas Hickey to kill the Revolutionary General George Washington. He resettled in Nova Scotia after the war,and became a leading political figure in the Cape Breton colony that was created in 1786.
Joseph Alexander Gillies was a Canadian politician.
John Howard Sinclair was a Canadian politician.
Judson Burpee Black was a Canadian physician and politician.
Robert Muir was a Canadian Member of Parliament,first in the House of Commons and later in the Senate. Muir sat in both chambers as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was born in Scotland and raised on Cape Breton Island,Nova Scotia. Before he became a politician,he was also a miner,a union official,a salesman and a businessman during his career. He died at his home in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in 2011.
Murray Dodd was a lawyer,judge and political figure in Nova Scotia,Canada. He represented Cape Breton in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1887 as a Conservative member.
Lieutenant-General John Wimburn Laurie,was a soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia,Canada for thirty years and then returned to England.
Sydney Smith McDermand was a Canadian farmer and politician.
Finlay MacDonald was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Port Hawkesbury,Nova Scotia and became a barrister.
Lewis Johnstone Lovett was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Kentville,Nova Scotia and became a physician.
Lewis Herbert Martell was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Main-à-Dieu,Nova Scotia and became a lawyer.
Fenwick Lionel Kelly was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in North Sydney,Nova Scotia and became a broker,farmer and merchant.
