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Thomas Heath Haviland

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Monarch
  
Victoria

Name
  
Thomas Haviland

Preceded by
  
Robert Hodgson

Role
  
Canadian Politician

Nationality
  
Canadian

Resigned
  
1876

Political party
  
Conservative


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Governor General
  
Marquess of Lorne The Marquess of Lansdowne

Premier
  
William Wilfred Sullivan

Born
  
13 November 1822 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (
1822-11-13
)

Died
  
September 11, 1895, Charlottetown, Canada

Spouse
  
Elizabeth Haviland (m. 1847)

Party
  
Conservative Party of Canada

Succeeded by
  
Andrew Archibald Macdonald

Thomas Heath Haviland (13 November 1822 – 11 September 1895) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and father of Canadian Confederation. He was born in, and died in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 18 October 1873, and represented Prince Edward Island as a Conservative until his resignation on 1 July 1879.

Thomas Heath Haviland Thomas Heath Haviland The Canadian Encyclopedia

He was born in Charlottetown, the son of Thomas Heath Haviland Sr., and was educated in Belgium. On his return, he studied law and was called to the bar in 1846. In 1847, he married Anne Elizabeth Grubbe. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Georgetown and Royalty in 1846 and served until 1876. Haviland served in the provincial Executive Council from 1859 to 1862, from 1865 to 1867 and from 1870 to 1872. From 1863 to 1864, he was speaker for the assembly. He was also a colonel in the local militia. Haviland served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1879 to 1884. In 1886, he became mayor of Charlottetown after the death of Henry Beer, serving until 1893 when he retired due to poor health. Haviland died in Charlottetown two years later.

References

Thomas Heath Haviland Wikipedia