John Graham Haggart Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
John Graham Haggart
Constituency Mp:Lanark South
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Alexander Morris
Successor:Adelbert Edward Hanna
Term Start:1872
Term End:1913
Birth Date:November 14, 1836
Birth Place:Perth, Upper Canada
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Party:Conservative

John Graham Haggart, (November 14, 1836  - March 13, 1913) was a Canadian politician.

Haggart served as a Member of Parliament from 1872 to 1913. This forty-year period of service in the Commons is the second-longest in Canadian history, exceeded only by Wilfrid Laurier, whose period of service (1874-1919) mostly overlaps with Haggart's.[1] He was appointed as Postmaster General, serving in the cabinets of John A. Macdonald and John Abbott until 1892, when he switched portfolios, serving as Minister of Railways and Canals until the defeat of the Conservative government in 1896.

Prior to being elected to the House of Commons, Haggart was elected Mayor of Perth, Ontario three times: in 1867, 1869 and 1871.

There is a John Haggart fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Years of Service in Parliament . www.parl.gc.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140430003402/http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/compilations/parliament/YearsOfService.aspx?Parliament=&Section=03d93c58-f843-49b3-9653-84275c23f3fb&Name=&YearsOfService=40_45&Continuous=False&Current=False . April 30, 2014.
  2. Web site: John Haggart fonds, Library and Archives Canada. July 20, 2017 .