John Chipman Wade Explained

John Chapman Wade
Office1:MP for Digby
Term Start1:1878
Term End1:1882
Predecessor1:William Berrian Vail
Successor1:William Berrian Vail
Office2:MLA for Digby County
Term Start2:1851
Term End2:1867
Office3:Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Term Start3:1863
Term End3:1867
Predecessor3:Stewart Campbell
Successor3:John Joseph Marshall
Birth Date:1817
Birth Place:Granville, Nova Scotia
Profession:lawyer
Party:historical Conservative Party

John Chipman Wade (1817 – July 9, 1892) was a Canadian politician and lawyer who served in both the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and the House of Commons of Canada.

The son of John Wade and Harriet Chipman,[1] Wade was born in Granville, Nova Scotia and educated at Annapolis Royal. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1840. In 1842,[1] Wade married Caroline Viets, the daughter of the Reverend Roger Viets. He represented Digby County in the provincial assembly from 1851 to 1867 and served as speaker for the assembly from 1864 to 1867. Wade supported Confederation which led to his defeat when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1867. He was named Queen's Counsel in 1867.[2] Wade was elected as a Member of the historical Conservative Party in 1878 to the House of Commons in the riding of Digby in a by-election and re-elected in 1878. He was defeated in the election of 1882.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.
  2. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32956 The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1882