david mills (canadian politician)

David Mills (March 18 1831 - May 8 1903) was a Canadian politician, author and poet. He was born in born in Palmyra, in southwestern Ontario. His father, Nathaniel Mills, was one of the first settlers in the area. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Mills served as superintendent of schools for Kent Country from 1856 to 1865. He published The Present and Future Political Aspects of Canada in 1860 and The Blunders of the Dominion Government in connection with the North-West Territory in 1871. Mills was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal MP in the 1867 Canadian election and re-elected in four subsequent votes until being defeated in the 1882 Canadian election. He returned to Parliament through an 1884 by-election and was again re-elected until his defeat in the 1896 Canadian election despite this being the election that brought the Liberals back to power. He served as Minister of the Interior in the Cabinet of Alexander Mackenzie from 1876 to 1878. Sir Wilfrid Laurier appoitned Mills to the Canadian Senate after he lost his Commons seat in 1896 and appointed him to Cabinet as Minister of Justice and Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate. He resigned from the Senate and Cabinet in 1902

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Selected poetry of David Mills

Mills, David Mills, David Mills, David Mills, David

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