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Howe, Joseph

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Howe, Joseph (1804–1873)

Canadian politician. He was elected to the local parliament of Nova Scotia, and was instrumental in winning for Nova Scotia a responsible government, the first of any province in Canada. Howe was one of the leading personalities in the troubled years of experiment in the evolution of self-rule for Canada.

Howe was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was not present at the Charlottetown and Québec conferences of 1864, which framed the confederation (at first opposed by him). When the imperial government refused to annul the confederation agreement, Howe yielded, and subsequently joined John Macdonald's first Dominion cabinet government as lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia 1873.



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