Charles Carroll Colby, PC (December 10, 1827 – January 10, 1907) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician.[1]
Charles Carroll Colby | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Stanstead | |
| In office 1867–1891 | |
| Succeeded by | Timothy Byron Rider |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 10, 1827 Derby, Vermont |
| Died | January 10, 1907 (aged 79) Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal-Conservative |
| Relations | Moses French Colby, father |
| Cabinet | President of the Privy Council (1889-1891) |
He was born in Derby, Vermont in 1827,[1] the son of Moses French Colby, and came to Stanstead, Quebec with his family in 1832. He studied at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He studied law, was called to the Quebec bar in 1855 and entered practice at Stanstead. In 1858, he married Harriet Child.[2] Colby was elected as a Liberal-Conservative MP in the House of Commons of Canada in 1867 representing Stanstead and remained in parliament until his defeat in 1891. He served as President of the Privy Council under Sir John A. Macdonald from 1889 to 1891 and was previously Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons.[1] Colby supported the introduction of tariffs to reciprocate against those imposed by the United States.[2] He was a trustee of Stanstead College and a director for several railway companies. Colby served as vice-president of the Quebec Temperance and Prohibitory League.[3]
Colby was the author of Parliamentary government in Canada, published in Montreal in 1886. He died in Montreal at the age of 79.[4]
In 1859, Colby built Carrollcroft, his residence at Stanstead, which now serves as the site of the Colby-Curtis Museum.[5]
Electoral record
edit| 1867 Canadian federal election: Stanstead | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Charles Carroll Colby | 814 | ||||||
| Unknown | Albert Knight | 616 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[6] | ||||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Charles Carroll Colby | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[7] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Charles Carroll Colby | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Charles Carroll Colby | 1,492 | ||||||
| Unknown | E.R. Johnson | 738 | ||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Charles Carroll Colby | 1,308 | ||||||
| Unknown | H.M. Rider | 1,013 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election: Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Charles Carroll Colby | 1,844 | ||||||
| Liberal | H.M. Rider | 1,410 | ||||||
| By-election on 18 December 1889
On Colby being appointed President of the | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal–Conservative | Charles Carroll Colby | acclaimed | |||
| 1891 Canadian federal election: Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Timothy Byron Rider | 1,655 | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Charles Carroll Colby | 1,553 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c Charles Carroll Colby – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ a b A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time ..., GM Rose (1886), pp. 564–565.
- ^ The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1881, CH Mackintosh
- ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ Colby-Curtis museum Archived February 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
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