James Alexander Lougheed

Sir James Alexander Lougheed, KCMG PC QC ( born September 1, 1854 in Brampton, † November 2, 1925 in Ottawa, Ontario ) was a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party of Canada, long-time Senator and Minister.

Life

Lougheed worked as a carpenter before he became a lawyer after studying law.

On December 10, 1889, he was appointed as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald as a member of the Senate and was one of this first to 31 August 1905 as a representative of lying in the Northwest Territories in Calgary. Subsequently, he was until his death in Calgary Alberta now representatives in the Senate.

During his nearly 36 - year membership in the Senate, he was initially between April 1906 and January 1911 leader of the conservative opposition in the Senate ( Leader of the Opposition in the Senate ) and then leader of the majority party and thus to December 28, 1921 also guide the government parties in the Upper House of Parliament ( Leader of the Government in the Senate ).

During this time he also held various ministerial posts and was the first between October 1911 and February 1918 Minister without Portfolio in the ninth and tenth federal cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Borden. After a cabinet reshuffle, he was first minister for civil reintegration of soldiers and was subsequently appointed by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen in the 11th Cabinet of Canada in July 1920 and was there until December 1921 Minister of the Interior, Minister of Mines and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. At the same time he was appointed acting between July 1920 and September 1921 Minister for civilian reintegration of soldiers.

After the electoral defeat of the Conservative Party, he was on January 1, 1922, in turn, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and held that post until his death. The inhabited by him since 1891 Lougheed House in Calgary has been included in the list of National Historic Sites of Canada in Alberta.

His grandson, Peter Lougheed was 1971-1985 Premier of Alberta.