Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon. |
Sydney Arthur Fisher | |
Constituency Mp: | Brome |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | David Ames Manson |
Successor: | Eugène Alphonse Dyer |
Term Start: | 1882 |
Term End: | 1891 |
Predecessor2: | Eugène Alphonse Dyer |
Successor2: | George Harold Baker |
Term Start2: | 1896 |
Term End2: | 1911 |
Birth Date: | 12 June 1850 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Canada East |
Death Place: | Ottawa, Ontario |
Party: | Liberal |
Cabinet: | Minister of Agriculture (1896-1911) |
Sydney Arthur Fisher, (June 12, 1850 - April 9, 1921) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Montreal, Canada East, he was educated at the High School of Montreal, McGill University, and finally Trinity College, Cambridge.
A farmer, he first ran for the House of Commons of Canada in an 1880 by-election for the riding of Brome. Although defeated, he was elected in 1882 and 1887. A Liberal, he lost to the Conservative candidate Eugène Alphonse Dyer by 3 votes in the 1891 election. He was elected again in the 1896 election and was re-elected in 1900, 1904, and 1908. He was defeated in 1911 and in a 1913 by-election. From 1896 to 1911, he was the Minister of Agriculture.
There is a Sydney Arthur Fisher fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[1]
He was the uncle of Philip Sydney Fisher.
By-election: On Mr. Brown's death, 30 May 1913