Colin Francis McIsaac

Colin Francis McIsaac, KC (February 14, 1854 – March 14, 1927) was a Nova Scotia lawyer and political figure. He represented Antigonish in the House of Commons of Canada from 1895 to 1905 and Antigonish—Guysborough from 1922 to 1925 as a Liberal member.^[1]

He was born in South River, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia in 1854,^[1] the son of Donald McIsaac and Catherine McGillivray.^[2] He was educated at Saint Francis Xavier College^[3] and was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1880. McIsaac served as a governor of Saint Francis Xavier College.^[4] He practised law in Antigonish. In 1892, he married Mary Helena Houlett. McIsaac was named King's Counsel in 1905.^[2]

He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Antigonish in 1886, was reelected in 1890 and served as a minister without portfolio in the provincial Executive Council.^[1]

McIsaac served as a member of the National Transcontinental Railway Commission from 1905 to 1912. He died in Antigonish at the age of 73.^[2]

His brother Angus represented Antigonish in the House of Commons.^[1]

Electoral record

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election: Antigonish—Guysborough
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Colin Francis McIsaac	6,752
	Progressive Conservative	Walter McNeil	3,356
	Progressive	Daniel McIsaac	1,553

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election: Antigonish—Guysborough
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Carey Douglas	6,140
	Liberal	Colin Francis McIsaac	6,003

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Colin Francis McIsaac – Parliament of Canada biography
^ ^a ^b ^c Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1898). The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Handbook of Canadian Biography (first ed.). Toronto: William Briggs.
^ Gemmill, J.A., ed. (1891). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son.

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by John Sparrow David Thompson	Member of Parliament for Antigonish 1895–1905	Succeeded by William Chisholm

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[parl-1] Colin Francis McIsaac – Parliament of Canada biography

[johnson-2] Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.

[3] Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1898). The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Handbook of Canadian Biography (first ed.). Toronto: William Briggs.

[4] Gemmill, J.A., ed. (1891). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son.

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