Sydney Arthur Fisher
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Born in Montreal, Canada East, he was educated at the High School of Montreal, McGill University, and finally Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]
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.[2]
He was the uncle of Philip Sydney Fisher.
Electoral record
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Electoral history
By-election: On Mr. Brown's death, 30 May 1913
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- Sydney Arthur Fisher – Parliament of Canada biography
- Serving Agriculture: Canada's Ministers of Agriculture profile
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