Charles Nolin

Charles Nolin (* 1837 in Saint -Boniface, Manitoba; † January 28, 1907 at Battleford, Saskatchewan ) was a Canadian politician. He played in the North-West Rebellion of Métis a leading role and initially supported his cousin Louis Riel, but said the crackdown on the uprising against him at the trial, and thus contributed to the fact that he was sentenced to death.

Biography

Nolin was a relatively prosperous farmer in the Red River Colony and was among those Métis who advocated the transfer of Rupert's land to Canada. At the beginning of the Red River Rebellion he defied his cousin Louis Riel and was one of the few men who performed John Stoughton Dennis' call for armed resistance result. However, he soon changed his mind and had himself elected in the meeting convened by Riel Council, which should advise Donald Smith's offer of negotiations. However, the advice he was due to disagreement on only a short time. Bishop Alexandre -Antonin Taché had to intervene mediate in the dispute between Riel and Nolin.

In the first election to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in December 1870 Nolin was unsuccessful. In October 1871 he took part in the repulse of one led by William Bernard O'Donoghue raid the Fenian Brotherhood. In the elections of December 1874 Nolin was elected in the constituency of Sainte -Anne, then he spent a year as Minister for Agriculture. In 1879 he lost his position because of various corruption cases and pulled then continues into the territory of today's province of Saskatchewan.

1884, more and more people complained in the southern part of the Northwest Territories about maladministration. Together with other prepared Nolin before a petition to the federal government and advocated that Louis Riel was to represent their concerns. Nolin was a member of the proclaimed by Riel provisional government of Saskatchewan and received to deliver an ultimatum in March 1885 order, Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier. Nolin fled during the Battle of Duck Lake, but was arrested shortly afterwards. In exchange for his release, he agreed to testify in the treason trial of Riel 's evidence. His statements were largely instrumental in that Riel was sentenced to death.

As thanks Nolin was appointed by the Conservative government territorial justice of the peace and has received various recognitions and contracts awarded. In 1891 he stood as a candidate in Batoche to a parliamentary seat of the territory, in the following year he had his mandate renewed their corruption.