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Sir Mackenzie Bowell PC, KCMG war ein kanadischer Politiker, Journalist und Druckerei-Unternehmer. Er gehörte der Konservativen Partei an und war der fünfte Premierminister des Landes. Seine Amtszeit dauerte vom 21. Dezember 1894 bis zum 27. April 1896.
Sir Mackenzie Bowell PC KCMG (/ ˈ b oʊ. əl /; December 27, 1823 – December 10, 1917) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and politician, who served as the fifth prime minister of Canada, in office from 1894 to 1896.
Mackenzie Bowell, KCMG, editor, publisher, politician and prime minister of Canada 1894–96 (born 27 December 1823 in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England; died 10 December 1917 in Belleville, Ontario). Bowell was a prominent Orangeman and served as Grand Master of the Orange Order in British North America from 1870 to 1878.
Sir Mackenzie Bowell (born Dec. 27, 1823, Rickinghall, Suffolk, Eng.—died Dec. 10, 1917, Belleville, Ont., Can.) was a publisher, political leader, and prime minister of Canada (1894–96).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Elected to the first Canadian parliament in 1867, he was a hard-right member of Prime Minister Macdonald’s cabinet and held several important posts during the country’s long period of Conservative rule. In 1892 he was appointed head of the Canadian Senate.
Sir Mackenzie Bowell began his career with lusty Orange prejudices, but by the 1880s his fighting spirit was subsumed within Conservative politics and his Orange positions had softened. According to the Toronto Globe, it was Bowell who succeeded in making the Orange order more friendly to Catholics. That tolerance was born of political necessity.
Sir Mackenzie Bowell PC, KCMG war ein kanadischer Politiker, Journalist und Druckerei-Unternehmer. Er gehörte der Konservativen Partei an und war der fünfte Premierminister des Landes. Seine Amtszeit dauerte vom 21. Dezember 1894 bis zum 27. April 1896.
