Sydney Arthur Fisher Explained

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.

Electoral history

By-election: On Mr. Brown's death, 30 May 1913

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Finding aid to Sydney Fisher fonds, Library and Archives Canada.