Thomas Dickson Archibald
Appearance
Thomas Dickson Archibald (8 April 1813 – 18 October 1890) was a Canadian businessman and politician.
Born in Onslow, Nova Scotia, Archibald had by the early 1830s established himself as businessman in the area surrounding Sydney, on Cape Breton Island. In 1854 he was appointed to a seat on the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia, upon the recommendation of William Young. He retained this position until Canadian Confederation in 1867. On 23 October 1867, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada by royal proclamation, where he sat as a Liberal-Conservative representing the senatorial division of North Sydney until his death.
External links
Wikisource has the text of the Dictionary of National Biography 1901 supplement's article about Thomas Dickson Archibald.
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Thomas Dickson Archibald – Parliament of Canada biography
Categories:
- 1813 births
- 1890 deaths
- 19th-century British North American people
- 19th-century Canadian politicians
- Canadian senators from Nova Scotia
- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators
- Members of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia
- People from Colchester County
- Colony of Nova Scotia people
- Canadian people of Ulster-Scottish descent
- Nova Scotia politician stubs