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HINCKS, SIR FRANCIS (1807-1885) , Canadian statesman, was born at Cork
paper in the Liberal interest
Oxford
ministry, and on their retirement in 1851 became premier of Canada, his chief
Morin (1803-1865). While premier he was prominent in the negotiations which led to the construction of the Grand Trunk railway, and in co-operation with Lord Elgin
bitter
governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands, and subsequently governor of British Guiana. In 1869 he was created K.C.M.G. and returned to Canada, becoming till 1873 finance minister in the cabinet of Sir John Macdonald. In February of that year he resigned, but continued to take an active part in public life. In 1879 the failure of the Consolidated Bank of Canada, of which he was president, led to his being tried for issuing false statements. Though found guilty on a technicality (see Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association, April 1906) judgment was suspended, his personal credit remained unimpaired, and he continued to take part in the discussion of public questions till his death on the 18th of August 1885.His writings include: The Political History of Canada between r84o and 1855 (1877); The Political Destiny of Canada (1878), and his Reminiscences (1884). End of Article: HINCKS, SIR FRANCIS (1807-1885) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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